The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Surface Area Dance Theatre

Registered charity 1202467 CIO Registered since 2023

Operates: Throughout England

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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

2.7y median 3y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 1Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1Other services 1

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 2 years.
2024
2025
incomespending£251k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
89%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.surfacearea.org.uk
Emailnicole@surfacearea.org.uk
Phone07980234841
Address2 Crossgate Road, Hetton-Le-Hole, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, Tyne And Wear, DH5 0EN

Finances

£251,334 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2024£208,596£106,707
2025£251,334£237,175

What it does

What

DisabilityArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF DANCE AND ASSOCIATED ARTS, FOR THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS HAVING SENSORY, PHYSICAL OR LEARNING DISABILITIES INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCH PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND TAKE PART IN PUBLIC PERFORMANCE.2.TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS HAVING OR ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE SENSORY, PHYSICAL OR LEARNING DISABILITIES BY:A) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE ARTS FOR SUCH PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS, CAPACITIES, AND CAPABILITIES AND TO ENABLE THEIR GREATER PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY;B) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE PARTICIPATION OF SUCH PEOPLE IN THE ARTS AND IN PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND EVENTS.3. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF DISABILITY.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Mar 2023

Trustees (9)

9trustees
77median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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