Registered charity (CIO) · Portsmouth
The Groundlings Theatre Trust
The Groundlings Theatre Trust is a registered charity (number 1186929) based in Portsmouth, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £269k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £269k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Hampshire, Portsmouth City
- Website
- www.groundlings.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£269k£276k
- 2024£291k£290k
- 2023£244k£273k
Earlier years
- 2022£247k£243k
- 2021£150k£112k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF DRAMA, IN THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH AND NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS BY THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND GROWING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF ARTS EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES;B) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PERFORMING ARTS INCLUDING IN THE PRODUCTION OF ARTS EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY YOUNG PEOPLE.
Grants received
4 grants · £119,100 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 · £79,500 (3 grants)
- Architectural Heritage Fund · £39,600
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- 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.
6 trustees on the board
- Andrew Simmons since 2022
- Christine Mary Allison since 2020
- Dominic Hart since 2021
- Harry Riley since 2021
- Sharon Elizabeth Walker since 2025
- Susanna Collier since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Christine Mary Allison since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Andrew Simmons since 2022
- Christine Mary Allison since 2020
- Dominic Hart since 2021
- Sharon Elizabeth Walker since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Harry Riley since 2021
- Susanna Collier since 2021
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.
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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
- 1186929
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 Dec 2019 as amended on 21 May 2021
- Contact on the register
- 02392737370 · office@groundlings.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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