Registered charity · Salisbury
Wiltshire Creative
Wiltshire Creative is a registered charity (number 249169) based in Salisbury, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £7.1m (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Salisbury Playhouse (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £7.1m (2026)
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Network
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Who leads it
- Birthe MesterTrustee · since 2025
- Chris MartinTrustee · since 2025
- David ChapellTrustee · since 2025
- Doric Alfred Howard BossomTrustee · since 2011
- Helen Judith BirchenoughTrustee · since 2018
- Mikol CurteisTrustee · since 2023
- Nicholas HumbyTrustee · since 2025
- Nicola JenkinsTrustee · since 2023
- Roisin Mccay-HinesTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire
- Website
- www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Wiltshire Creative
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£7.1m£6.8m
- 2025£5.5m£5.5m
- 2024£5.4m£5.5m
Earlier years
- 2023£4.2m£4.9m
- 2022£3.2m£3.3m
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 22%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION INCLUDING BY THE PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE, AND IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS AND A FESTIVAL.
Grants received
11 grants · £1,549,934 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 · £1,442,010 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000
- Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation · £30,000
- Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation · £21,424 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £20,000 (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.
9 trustees on the board
- Birthe Mester since 2025
- Chris Martin since 2025
- Doric Alfred Howard Bossom since 2011
- David Chapell since 2025
- Helen Judith Birchenough since 2018
- Mikol Curteis since 2023
- Nicholas Humby since 2025
- Nicola Jenkins since 2023
- Roisin Mccay-Hines since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Doric Alfred Howard Bossom since 2011
- Helen Judith Birchenough since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Chris Martin since 2025
- Doric Alfred Howard Bossom since 2011
- David Chapell since 2025
- Helen Judith Birchenough since 2018
- Mikol Curteis since 2023
- Nicola Jenkins since 2023
- Roisin Mccay-Hines since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Birthe Mester since 2025
- Nicholas Humby since 2025
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
0.5 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
- 249169
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 AUGUST 1951 AS AFFECTED BY SCHEME OF 22 JANUARY 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16 NOVEMBER 2010.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23 JAN 2018AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07 FEB 2018
- Companies House
- Company number 00499076 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01722320117 · info@wiltshirecreative.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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