Registered charity · London
The English Stage Company Limited
- 11 trustees
- Income £8.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Anthony Charles Burton CBEChair
- Andrew Charles James RodgerTrustee · since 2018
- Anita ScottTrustee
- Dame Vikki HeywoodTrustee · since 2026
- Jennette Arnold OBETrustee
- Jodi MyersTrustee · since 2025
- Lord Stewart WoodTrustee
- Mark RavenhillTrustee · since 2024
- Mwenya KaweshaTrustee · since 2020
- Neal GhandiTrustee · since 2023
- Pamela JikiemiTrustee · 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
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.royalcourttheatre.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The English Stage Company Limited
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8.6m£6.6m
- 2024£7.0m£6.6m
- 2023£6.6m£7.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.9m£6.6m
- 2021£5.6m£4.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 26%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION OR ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS IN THE THEATRE
Grants received
22 grants · £4,054,803 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,728,761 (2 grants)
- Backstage Trust · £500,000
- Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation · £390,000 (3 grants)
- John Lyon's Charity · £124,000 (2 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £118,822 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Anthony Charles Burton CBE Chair
- Andrew Charles James Rodger since 2018
- Anita Scott
- Dame Vikki Heywood since 2026
- Jennette Arnold OBE
- Jodi Myers since 2025
- Lord Stewart Wood
- Mark Ravenhill since 2024
- Mwenya Kawesha since 2020
- Neal Ghandi since 2023
- Pamela Jikiemi since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Charles James Rodger since 2018
- Mwenya Kawesha since 2020
- Pamela Jikiemi since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Anita Scott
- Dame Vikki Heywood since 2026
- Jennette Arnold OBE
- Jodi Myers since 2025
- Lord Stewart Wood
- Mark Ravenhill since 2024
- Mwenya Kawesha since 2020
- Neal Ghandi since 2023
- Pamela Jikiemi since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Anthony Charles Burton CBE Chair
- Andrew Charles James Rodger since 2018
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.
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
2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 231242
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION. 3RD DECEMBER 1954
- Companies House
- Company number 00539332 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02075655050 · info@royalcourttheatre.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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