The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Wigan Little Theatre

Registered charity 251806 Registered since 1968

Operates: Wigan, Cheshire East, Lancashire, Cheshire West & Chester

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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

4.7y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

1
company-linked trustees

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

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
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incomespending£257k latest income

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.

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Contact

Websitewww.wiganlittletheatre.co.uk
Emailsecretary@wiganlittletheatre.co.uk
Phone07904023670
AddressWigan Little Theatre, 44 Crompton Street, WIGAN, Lancashire, WN1 3SL

Finances

£256,504 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£77,294£105,574
2021£110,037£34,016
2022£216,794£185,144
2023£252,414£232,366
2024£256,504£266,149

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

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.

Governing document: RULES OF WIGAN LITTLE THEATRE AMENDED FEBRUARY 1967 AND MAY 1972

Trustees (15)

14trustees
59median age
0aged 70+

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