The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Registered charity 209302 Registered since 1963

Operates: Warwickshire

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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.

11 trustees on the board

5.6y median 7y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure
9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

3
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 11Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 10Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Arts and leisure 4Tech and media 3Other services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£8.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.5 in 2020

164 from 257 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.shakespeare.org.uk
Emailinfo@shakespeare.org.uk
Phone01789201810
AddressSHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE TRUST, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, 38 HENLEY STREET, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, CV37 6QW

Finances

£8,440,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£8,162,000£8,065,000
2021£3,181,000£6,076,000
2022£5,770,000£7,342,000
2023£8,733,000£9,072,000
2024£8,440,000£10,356,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD THE APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THE PLAYS AND OTHER WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND THE GENERAL ADVANCEMENT OF SHAKESPEARIAN KNOWLEDGE; (2) TO MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THE SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE PROPERTIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION; (3) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION A MUSEUM AND A LIBRARY OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS RECORDS OF HISTORIC INTEREST, PICTURES, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OBJECTS OF ANTIQUITY WITH PARTICULAR BUT NO EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, HIS LIFE, WORKS AND TIMES.

Governing document: SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE ETC., TRUST ACT, 1961.

Trustees (11)

11trustees
50median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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