Registered charity (CIO) · Worthing
Worthing Theatres & Museum
- 12 trustees
- Income £5.8m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- James Peter TurnbullChair · since 2024
- Andreas SparsisTrustee · since 2023
- Cepta KellyTrustee · since 2019
- David Christopher Stewart ClarkTrustee · since 2026
- Helen Persson SwainTrustee · since 2020
- Jane Sylvia LodgeTrustee · since 2024
- Louise BurgessTrustee · since 2019
- Lydia CassidyTrustee · since 2023
- Michael Desmond PailthorpeTrustee · since 2024
- Michelle KirkTrustee · since 2026
- Rebecca Louise WakefordTrustee · since 2024
- Samuel Alexander FisherTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- West Sussex
- Website
- www.wtm.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5.8m£5.8m
- 2024£5.1m£5.1m
- 2023£4.7m£4.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.3m£4.0m
- 2021£2.8m£2.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 24% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. THE PROMOTION OF ARTS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROMOTING AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO PERFORMANCES OF THEATRE AND DRAMATIC ARTS, AND OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN RELATION TO THEATRE, DRAMATIC ARTS AND THE PRESERVATION OF IMPORTANT HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF DECORATIVE ARTS AND CLOTHING WITHIN A MUSEUM.3. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH THEATRE AND DRAMATIC ARTS, AND OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:UNEMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATION OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT.4. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND CULTURAL EVENTS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH ARTS AND CULTURE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION BY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.
Grants received
3 grants · £152,094 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £98,000
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £34,094
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
12 trustees on the board
- James Peter Turnbull Chair since 2024
- Andreas Sparsis since 2023
- Cepta Kelly since 2019
- David Christopher Stewart Clark since 2026
- Helen Persson Swain since 2020
- Jane Sylvia Lodge since 2024
- Louise Burgess since 2019
- Lydia Cassidy since 2023
- Michael Desmond Pailthorpe since 2024
- Michelle Kirk since 2026
- Rebecca Louise Wakeford since 2024
- Samuel Alexander Fisher since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Cepta Kelly since 2019
- Helen Persson Swain since 2020
- Louise Burgess since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- James Peter Turnbull Chair since 2024
- Cepta Kelly since 2019
- David Christopher Stewart Clark since 2026
- Helen Persson Swain since 2020
- Jane Sylvia Lodge since 2024
- Louise Burgess since 2019
- Lydia Cassidy since 2023
- Michelle Kirk since 2026
- Rebecca Louise Wakeford since 2024
- Samuel Alexander Fisher since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Andreas Sparsis since 2023
- Michael Desmond Pailthorpe since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1185189
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Sep 2019 as amended on 22 May 2023 as amended on 20 Feb 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01903947500 · hello@wtm.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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