The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Brighton Dome and Festival LTD

Registered charity 249748 Registered since 1966

Operates: Brighton And Hove, East Sussex

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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

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (2)

12
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 14Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 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 18Business services 3Education 3

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£16.3m 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.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.9 in 2021

201 from 209 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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.brightondome.org
Emailinfo@brightonfestival.org
Phone01273260814
AddressFirst Floor Offices, The Dance Space, 2 Market Square, Circus Street, Brighton, BN2 9AS

Finances

£16,276,597 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£10,334,663£7,985,893
2022£12,091,533£11,776,762
2023£12,744,000£13,263,000
2024£16,301,439£17,116,415
2025£16,276,597£17,321,710

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF MUSIC, BALLET, SINGING, DRAMA, MIME, DANCING, AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFORE, PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 6 OCTOBER 1966 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 10TH SEPTEMBER 1993, 9 DECEMBER 2003 AND 20 JULY 2005.

Trustees (14)

14trustees
56median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Brighton Dome and Festival LTD · 00889184 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 06/10/1966

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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