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Registered charity · Lancashire

Wigan Little Theatre

  • 18 trustees
  • Income £257k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Chris Boyle.

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
Wigan, Cheshire East, Lancashire, Cheshire West & Chester
Website
www.wiganlittletheatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1968

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£257k£266k
  • 2023£252k£232k
  • 2022£217k£185k
Earlier years
  • 2021£110k£34k
  • 2020£77k£106k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

PURSUIT TO THE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1896 AND THE SPECIAL AUTHORITY OF 3RD JULY 1878 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING EDUCATION IN THE FINE ARTS AMONGST THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND, IN PARTICULAR, INCREASING THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OF THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT THEATRE IN WIGAN, THE PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF PLAYS OF MERIT AND THE ORGANISATION AND PRESENTATION OF LECTURES AND READINGS.

Grants received

1 grant · £17,442 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £17,442

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £17,4422025-09-29
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.

17 trustees on the board

3.7y median 2.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (17)

1
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 17

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£257k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
251806
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES OF WIGAN LITTLE THEATRE AMENDED FEBRUARY 1967 AND MAY 1972
Contact on the register
07904023670 · secretary@wiganlittletheatre.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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