Registered charity · Newcastle
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited
- 12 trustees
- Income £6.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Bryan CarnesChair · since 2001
- Ann Elizabeth FisherTrustee · since 2015
- Anne LakinTrustee · since 2024
- Ayad Al-AniTrustee · since 2024
- Dorothy Joan WilsonTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Thomas Christopher John PettyTrustee · since 2024
- Gabriella Kervelle Avilon GayTrustee · since 2016
- Natasha PrinceTrustee · since 2024
- Penelope Ann SmithTrustee · since 2024
- Professor David AmigoniTrustee · since 2017
- Sarah Ann HillTrustee · since 2023
- Wendy DeanTrustee · since 2026
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
- Cheshire East, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City and more
- Website
- www.newvictheatre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited
- Registered
- 1967
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6.1m£6.3m
- 2024£5.2m£5.5m
- 2023£4.4m£4.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.7m£3.9m
- 2021£3.4m£3.0m
Charitable objects
TO PRESENT, PROMOTE, ORGANISE, PROVIDE MANAGE AND PRODUCE SUCH PLAYS, DRAMAS, COMEDIES, OPERAS, OPERETTAS, BURLESQUES, FILMS, BROADCASTS, CONCERTS, MUSICAL PIECES, PUPPET SHOWS, BALLETS, ENTERTAINMENTS AND EXHIBITIONS AS ARE NECESSARY TO THE PROMOTION, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OR TO THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS. (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION)
Board analysis for researchers
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Bryan Carnes Chair since 2001
- Ann Elizabeth Fisher since 2015
- Anne Lakin since 2024
- Ayad Al-Ani since 2024
- Dorothy Joan Wilson since 2025
- Dr Thomas Christopher John Petty since 2024
- Gabriella Kervelle Avilon Gay since 2016
- Natasha Prince since 2024
- Penelope Ann Smith since 2024
- Professor David Amigoni since 2017
- Sarah Ann Hill since 2023
- Wendy Dean since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Bryan Carnes Chair since 2001
- Ann Elizabeth Fisher since 2015
- Gabriella Kervelle Avilon Gay since 2016
- Professor David Amigoni since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Bryan Carnes Chair since 2001
- Ann Elizabeth Fisher since 2015
- Anne Lakin since 2024
- Ayad Al-Ani since 2024
- Dorothy Joan Wilson since 2025
- Dr Thomas Christopher John Petty since 2024
- Gabriella Kervelle Avilon Gay since 2016
- Natasha Prince since 2024
- Penelope Ann Smith since 2024
- Professor David Amigoni since 2017
- Sarah Ann Hill since 2023
- Wendy Dean since 2026
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 253242
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 JULY 1967 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 27TH JULY 2005
- Companies House
- Company number 00911924 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01782717954 · admin@newvictheatre.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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