Registered charity (CIO) · Gloucestershire
The Playhouse Theatre Cheltenham
- 6 trustees
- Income £895k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- www.cheltplayhouse.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£895k£892k
- 2024£516k£597k
- 2023£339k£414k
Earlier years
- 2022£175k£149k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE.1. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS OF DRAMA, LITERATURE,DANCE MUSIC AND SINGING THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF PLAYS ANDOTHER ARTISTIC WORKS.2. TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WTHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO SUCH FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3. TO RESTORE AND PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PLAYHOUSE THEATRE IN CHELTENHAM BEING A BUILDING OF HISTORIC ARCHTECTURAL HERITAGE AND CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.
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
- Robert William Gill Chair since 2025
- Alexander John Lewer since 2024
- Andrew Richard Holt since 2026
- Ellen Rhiannon Garbutt since 2025
- Keir Richard Kille since 2026
- Wendy Lavender since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Alexander John Lewer since 2024
- Andrew Richard Holt since 2026
- Ellen Rhiannon Garbutt since 2025
- Keir Richard Kille since 2026
- Wendy Lavender since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Robert William Gill Chair since 2025
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
0.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1196217
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Oct 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01242522852 · admin@cheltplayhouse.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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