Registered charity (CIO) · Oxfordshire
Avocet Theatre Company
- 8 trustees
- Income £30k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Benjamin James Coleman Pgce, QTSChair · since 2015
- Amelia Jane HaversonTrustee · since 2021
- Amy Elizabeth Jones PgceTrustee · since 2023
- Deborah ColemanTrustee · since 2015
- Gillian Frances Crowther McipdTrustee · since 2015
- Ian David KeeffeTrustee · since 2015
- Jennifer HealyTrustee · since 2015
- Sam BrittainTrustee · since 2015
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
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.AvocetTheatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£30k£30k
- 2025£30k£25k
- 2024£30k£23k
Earlier years
- 2023£21k£18k
- 2022£12k£6k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
AVOCET THEATRE COMPANY IS A NOT FOR PROFIT GROUP THAT AIMS TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE ARTS IN THE BANBURY AND NORTH OXFORDSHIRE AREA. AVOCET THEATRE COMPANY AIMS TO FOSTER A FEELING OF INCLUSIVITY AROUND THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS BY ENCOURAGING MEMBERS AGED 8 AND OVER TO TAKE PART IN THEATRE REGARDLESS OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC BACKGROUND. THE GROUP ACHIEVES THIS BY NOT ONLY RUNNING WORKSHOPS BUT ALSO BY STAGING AT LEAST TWO THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS A YEAR.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Benjamin James Coleman Pgce, QTS Chair since 2015
- Amelia Jane Haverson since 2021
- Amy Elizabeth Jones Pgce since 2023
- Deborah Coleman since 2015
- Gillian Frances Crowther Mcipd since 2015
- Ian David Keeffe since 2015
- Jennifer Healy since 2015
- Sam Brittain since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Benjamin James Coleman Pgce, QTS Chair since 2015
- Deborah Coleman since 2015
- Gillian Frances Crowther Mcipd since 2015
- Ian David Keeffe since 2015
- Jennifer Healy since 2015
- Sam Brittain since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Amelia Jane Haverson since 2021
- Amy Elizabeth Jones Pgce since 2023
- Deborah Coleman since 2015
- Gillian Frances Crowther Mcipd since 2015
- Ian David Keeffe since 2015
- Jennifer Healy since 2015
- Sam Brittain since 2015
Portfolio (1)
- Benjamin James Coleman Pgce, QTS Chair since 2015
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1186908
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 Dec 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07528389049 · chairman@avocettheatre.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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