Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
People's Theatre Arts Group Limited
- 13 trustees
- Income £345k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew John De'AthChair · since 2020
- Callum MawstonTrustee · since 2025
- Chris Heckles-ThompsonTrustee · since 2025
- John PearsonTrustee · since 2025
- Lesley Patricia Heckels-ThompsonTrustee · since 2020
- Mark BurdenTrustee · since 2025
- Matthew David HopeTrustee · since 2020
- Moira ValentineTrustee · since 2025
- MR Tony ChildsTrustee
- Pamela WillisTrustee · since 2025
- Steven WallaceTrustee · since 2025
- Thomas ZunderTrustee · since 2025
- Timothy Paul SwintonTrustee · since 2020
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
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- Website
- www.peoplestheatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- People's Theatre Arts Group Limited
- Registered
- 1967
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£345k£305k
- 2024£313k£364k
- 2023£314k£267k
Earlier years
- 2022£292k£242k
- 2021£130k£206k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 48%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC.
Grants received
5 grants · £126,400 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Northern Rock Foundation · £121,300 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,100
- Woodward Charitable Trust · £500
- Community Foundation North East · £500
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Andrew John De'Ath Chair since 2020
- Callum Mawston since 2025
- Chris Heckles-Thompson since 2025
- John Pearson since 2025
- Lesley Patricia Heckels-Thompson since 2020
- MR Tony Childs
- Mark Burden since 2025
- Matthew David Hope since 2020
- Moira Valentine since 2025
- Pamela Willis since 2025
- Steven Wallace since 2025
- Thomas Zunder since 2025
- Timothy Paul Swinton since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Andrew John De'Ath Chair since 2020
- Callum Mawston since 2025
- Chris Heckles-Thompson since 2025
- John Pearson since 2025
- Lesley Patricia Heckels-Thompson since 2020
- Mark Burden since 2025
- Matthew David Hope since 2020
- Moira Valentine since 2025
- Pamela Willis since 2025
- Steven Wallace since 2025
- Thomas Zunder since 2025
- Timothy Paul Swinton since 2020
Portfolio (1)
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 220256
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 OCTOBER 1929 AS AMENDED 31 MARCH 1953 AND 20 DECEMBER 1962
- Companies House
- Company number 00242886 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0191 275 9875 · venuemanager@peoplestheatre.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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