The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Registered charity 212481 Registered since 1963
Operates: Throughout England And Wales, United States, Scotland
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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.
13 trustees on the board
- Shriti Vinodkant Vadera Chair since 2021
- Amanda Joycelyn Parker since 2021
- Andrew James Miller MBE since 2021
- Anna Katherine Lucy Sedgley since 2025
- Geoffrey Barton since 2024
- Jonathan Paul French Smith since 2025
- Liz Vernon since 2019
- Mark Thompson since 2016
- Nicholas Robert Hytner since 2023
- Professor Ayanna Thompson since 2021
- Professor Emma Josephine Smith since 2024
- Sir Nicholas John Varney since 2026
- Winsome May Pinnock since 2021
3.9y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Liz Vernon since 2019
- Mark Thompson since 2016
8.6y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Shriti Vinodkant Vadera Chair since 2021
- Amanda Joycelyn Parker since 2021
- Geoffrey Barton since 2024
- Liz Vernon since 2019
- Mark Thompson since 2016
- Nicholas Robert Hytner since 2023
- Professor Ayanna Thompson since 2021
- Sir Nicholas John Varney since 2026
Portfolio (5)
- Andrew James Miller MBE since 2021
- Anna Katherine Lucy Sedgley since 2025
- Jonathan Paul French Smith since 2025
- Professor Emma Josephine Smith since 2024
- Winsome May Pinnock since 2021
5
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 13General Charitable Purposes 13Arts/culture/heritage/science 12Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 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 5Property 5Arts and leisure 3
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.
incomespending£82.0m latest income
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.
0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 10.1 in 2021
1029 from 901 in 2021
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
- The British Academy of Film and Television Arts 1 shared trustee
- Clean Break Theatre Company 1 shared trustee
- Army Benevolent Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Oxford Bibliographical Society 1 shared trustee
- Sarum Hall School Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- National Oceanography Centre Similar size; both Arts and culture
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.rsc.org.uk |
| info@rsc.org.uk | |
| Phone | 01789296655 |
| Address | ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE, WATERSIDE, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, WARWICKSHIRE, CV37 6BB |
Finances
£82,038,000 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £36,099,000 | £34,833,000 |
| 2022 | £39,698,000 | £43,311,000 |
| 2023 | £68,122,000 | £68,131,000 |
| 2024 | £92,171,000 | £87,918,000 |
| 2025 | £82,038,000 | £84,447,000 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceWho
Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankindHow
Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesCharitable objects
TO KEEP ALIVE THE MEMORY OF SHAKESPEARE BY THE PRESENTATION OF HIS PLAYS. (SEE ALSO ARTICLE II OF THE CHARTER OF INCORPORATION).
Governing document: CHARTER OF INCORPORATION DATED 21 JUNE 1979 AS AMENDED BY ORDERS IN COUNCIL DATED 11 OCTOBER 2000 AND 6 MARCH 2007.
Trustees (13)
13trustees
63median age
0aged 70+
- Shriti Vinodkant Vadera Chair since 2021
- Amanda Joycelyn Parkerage band 55-59 since 2021
- Andrew James Miller MBE since 2021
- Anna Katherine Lucy Sedgleyage band 50-54 since 2025
- Geoffrey Bartonage band 60-64 since 2024
- Jonathan Paul French Smithage band 65-69 since 2025
- Liz Vernon since 2019
- Mark Thompson since 2016
- Nicholas Robert Hytner since 2023
- Professor Ayanna Thompson since 2021
- Professor Emma Josephine Smith since 2024
- Sir Nicholas John Varney since 2026
- Winsome May Pinnockage band 60-64 since 2021
Connected charities (5)
- Sarum Hall School Trust Limited 1 shared trustee
- The British Academy of Film and Television Arts 1 shared trustee
- The Oxford Bibliographical Society 1 shared trustee
- Clean Break Theatre Company 1 shared trustee
- Army Benevolent Fund 1 shared trustee
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