Registered charity · Bradford
Common Wealth Theatre Limited
- 9 trustees
- Income £760k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Emma RobinsonChair · since 2022
- Dr Andrew WestleTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Glenda CooperTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Katherine Mari DaviesTrustee · since 2026
- Evie ManningTrustee · since 2019
- Fahadi Mukulu MukiibiTrustee · since 2024
- Jenny PhillipsTrustee · since 2022
- Rhiannon WhiteTrustee · since 2019
- Seherish MahmoodTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.commonwealththeatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Common Wealth Theatre
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£760k£556k
- 2024£505k£502k
- 2023£426k£433k
Earlier years
- 2022£560k£470k
- 2021£326k£288k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO THE PERFORMING ARTS.(2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING:A. OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN LIVED EXPERIENCE AND THAT OF THE COMMUNITY AROUND THEM, ANDB. PUBLIC SPACES TO SHARE THOSE EXPERIENCES EITHER FORMALLY OR INFORMALLY TO ENCOURAGE SOCIETY’S BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY EXCLUDED.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).
Grants received
7 grants · £251,631 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
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £195,000
- Leeds Community Foundation · £47,451 (5 grants)
- Sport England · £9,180
Most recent
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Emma Robinson Chair since 2022
- Dr Andrew Westle since 2024
- Dr Glenda Cooper since 2026
- Dr Katherine Mari Davies since 2026
- Evie Manning since 2019
- Fahadi Mukulu Mukiibi since 2024
- Jenny Phillips since 2022
- Rhiannon White since 2019
- Seherish Mahmood since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Evie Manning since 2019
- Rhiannon White since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Emma Robinson Chair since 2022
- Dr Andrew Westle since 2024
- Dr Glenda Cooper since 2026
- Dr Katherine Mari Davies since 2026
- Evie Manning since 2019
- Fahadi Mukulu Mukiibi since 2024
- Jenny Phillips since 2022
- Rhiannon White since 2019
- Seherish Mahmood 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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
8.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1185967
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 OCT 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 FEB 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 OCT 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 07799494 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 00 · info@commonwealththeatre.co.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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