The Royal Theatrical Fund

Registered charity 222080 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

14 trustees on the board

7.6y median 9y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (4)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 13General Charitable Purposes 13The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Recreation 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Health and social care 2Other 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 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£679k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

4 from 4 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

React 1 shared trustee
Yorkshire Ballet Seminars 1 shared trustee
Acting for Others 1 shared trustee
Campaign for the Arts 1 shared trustee
Sheffield Theatres Crucible Trust 1 shared trustee
Badgworthy Trust for the Preservation of Exmoor 1 shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.trtf.com
Email	admin@trtf.com
Phone	02078363322
Address	2ND FLOOR, 11 GARRICK STREET, LONDON, WC2E 9AR

Finances

£678,778 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£2,418,047	£1,371,172
2022	£814,942	£980,052
2023	£861,168	£1,029,354
2024	£805,512	£834,056
2025	£678,778	£774,451

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF ANY PERSON IN NEED WHO HAS PROFESSIONALLY PRACTISED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE THEATRICAL ARTS (ON STAGE RADIO FILMS OR TELEVISION OR ANY OTHER MEDIUM BY WHICH SUCH ARTS MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FUTURE) AND THE RELIEF OF THE FAMILIES OR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE THEMSELVES IN NEED OF RELIEF OR SUCH PERSONS OR SUCH DECEASED PERSONS.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER 29 JANUARY 1853, RULES ADOPTED 22 JANUARY 1839 AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 25 FEBRUARY 1974 AS AMENDED 27 APRIL 1988

Trustees (14)

14trustees

64median age

0aged 70+

Connected charities (10)

React 1 shared trustee
The Sphinx Theatre Company Limited 1 shared trustee
Badgworthy Trust for the Preservation of Exmoor 1 shared trustee
Windsor Theatre Limited 1 shared trustee
Sheffield Theatres Crucible Trust 1 shared trustee
Yorkshire Ballet Seminars 1 shared trustee
React 1 shared trustee
Campaign for the Arts 1 shared trustee
The Friends of the Scrubs 1 shared trustee
Acting for Others 1 shared trustee

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