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Bread Theatre and Film Company

Bread Theatre and Film Company is a registered charity (number 1189076) based in Cambridge, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Dr Suchitra Sebastian since 2019. Latest income £140k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £140k (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
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.breadtheatreandfilm.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£140k£68k
  • 2024£1k£8k
  • 2023£2k£2k
Earlier years
  • 2022£6k£4k
  • 2021£1k£5k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1) THE COMPANY'S AIMS SHALL BE TO CREATE A MORE REPRESENTATIVE THEATRE SPACE, AND TO CAPTURE OFT-LACKING DIVERSE HERITAGE AND CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS IN THE SELECTION OF STORIES, PLAYWRIGHTS, AND PERFORMERS.(2) THE COMPNAY AIMS TO TRANSFORM THE FACE OF CAMBRIDGE THEATRE BY CREATING A NEW PLATFORM FOR MINORITY VOICES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BLACK, ASIAN AND MINORITY ETHNIC (BAME) PERSPECTIVES. THE COMPANY WILL PLACE MINORITY NARRATIVES CENTRE STAGE AND TREAT CONTEMPORARY MINORITY ISSUES THROUGH THE LENS OF ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE.(3) THE COMPANY WILL SUPPORT ANNUAL THEATRE AND FILM PRODUCTIONS AT THE ADC, CORPUS PLAYROOM, EDINBURGH FRINGE AND OTHER INDEPENDENT VENUES AROUND THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGION. PROGRAMMING WILL INCLUDE PLATFORMS FOR DIVERSE ART INCLUDING SPOKEN WORD AND STAND-UP COMEDY IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER UNIVERSITY SOCIETIES.(4) THE COMPANY WILL CREATE A BROAD ARCHIVE OF PLAYS FROM DIVERSE REGIONS AND VOICES.(5) THE COMPANY WILL FOSTER FRESH TALENT IN WRITING, DIRECTING AND PERFORMING OF PLAYS AND OTHER ART FORMS. THROUGH REGULAR WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNAL MIXERS, WE AIM TO SUPPORT NEW ENTRANTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEATRICAL PRODUCTION, INCLUDING PERFORMING AND/OR TECHNICAL ASPECTS.(6)IN FURTHERANCE OF THE COMPANY'S AIMS, COLLABORATIONS WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH OTHER SOCIETIES AND THEATRE COMPANIES WITHIN THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE AREA AND BEYOND.

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.

4 trustees on the board

6y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£140k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1189076
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23 SEP 2019AS AMENDED ON 09 APR 2020
Contact on the register
01223850481 · breadtheatrelondon@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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