The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Bristol OLD VIC and Theatre Royal Trust Limited

Registered charity 228235 Registered since 1963

Operates: Bristol City

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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.

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (3)

10
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 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11Education/training 2Disability 1Religious Activities 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.

Arts and leisure 17Other services 5Business services 4

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£7.6m 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.

0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.3 in 2021

221 from 233 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bristololdvic.org.uk
Emailtickets@bristololdvic.org.uk
Phone01179493993
AddressBristol Old Vic, King Street, Bristol, BS1 4ED

Finances

£7,626,759 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,801,306£4,070,589
2022£5,573,325£6,801,653
2023£5,798,218£7,358,158
2024£6,531,777£8,153,868
2025£7,626,759£9,286,717

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL ARTS IN ALL THEIR FORMS; AND 2) TO CONSERVE, DEVELOP AND ENHANCE THE PREMISES KNOWN AS THE THEATRE ROYAL, BRISTOL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AS A WORKING THEATRE AND A PLACE WITH HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 APR 1963AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 NOV 1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 DEC 1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 MAR 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 JUL 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 DEC 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 JUN 2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 06 APR 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 NOV 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 NOV 2016

Trustees (12)

12trustees
49median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bristol OLD VIC and Theatre Royal Trust Limited · 00756007 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 01/04/1963

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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