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Sadler's Wells Development Trust
Sadler's Wells Development Trust is a registered charity (number 263450) based in London, governed by 16 trustees and chaired by Nigel Higgins since 2017. Latest income £62 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Sadler's Wells Development Trust LTD, Sadlers Wells Development Trust (Charity Commission)
- 16 trustees
- Income £62 (2025)
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Who leads it
- Nigel HigginsChair · since 2017
- Alexandra SotoTrustee · since 2026
- Baroness Thangam DebbonaireTrustee · since 2025
- Brenda NewtonTrustee · since 2022
- Clare Jane ConnorTrustee · since 2022
- Dame Sharon WhiteTrustee · since 2025
- Humphrey BattcockTrustee · since 2017
- Maria AlbonicoTrustee · since 2020
- Matthew Jake SlotoverTrustee · since 2020
- Melanie Jane SmithTrustee · since 2020
- Nicholas Andrew GraceTrustee · since 2024
- Nicholas Bernard BasdenTrustee · since 2021
- Nina PatelTrustee · since 2022
- Paul Edward MulhollandTrustee · since 2022
- Suhair Fariha KhanTrustee · since 2022
- Yana PeelTrustee · since 2023
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
- City Of Westminster, Islington
- Website
- www.sadlerswells.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sadler's Wells Development Trust
- Registered
- 1972
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£62£60
- 2024£369£182
- 2023£70£60
Earlier years
- 2022£0£60
- 2021£0£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS OF DRAMA, OPERA, BALLET AND MUSIC IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING THE SADLER'S WELLS FOUNDATION AND THE SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE IN ALL OR ANY OF THEIR OBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES AND BY SUPPLYING OR MAKING AVAILABLE ALL SUCH THINGS AS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE WORKS PREPARED OR PRODUCED BY OR FOR THEM THERE OR ELSEWHERE AND TO FOSTER PUBLIC INTEREST IN SUCH WORKS AND IN THE FOUNDATION AND THE THEATRE AND FOR THAT PURPOSE AND NOT OTHERWISE.
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.
16 trustees on the board
- Nigel Higgins Chair since 2017
- Alexandra Soto since 2026
- Baroness Thangam Debbonaire since 2025
- Brenda Newton since 2022
- Clare Jane Connor since 2022
- Dame Sharon White since 2025
- Humphrey Battcock since 2017
- Maria Albonico since 2020
- Matthew Jake Slotover since 2020
- Melanie Jane Smith since 2020
- Nicholas Andrew Grace since 2024
- Nicholas Bernard Basden since 2021
- Nina Patel since 2022
- Paul Edward Mulholland since 2022
- Suhair Fariha Khan since 2022
- Yana Peel since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Nigel Higgins Chair since 2017
- Humphrey Battcock since 2017
- Maria Albonico since 2020
- Matthew Jake Slotover since 2020
- Melanie Jane Smith since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Nigel Higgins Chair since 2017
- Nicholas Bernard Basden since 2021
Portfolio (14)
- Alexandra Soto since 2026
- Baroness Thangam Debbonaire since 2025
- Brenda Newton since 2022
- Clare Jane Connor since 2022
- Dame Sharon White since 2025
- Humphrey Battcock since 2017
- Maria Albonico since 2020
- Matthew Jake Slotover since 2020
- Melanie Jane Smith since 2020
- Nicholas Andrew Grace since 2024
- Nina Patel since 2022
- Paul Edward Mulholland since 2022
- Suhair Fariha Khan since 2022
- Yana Peel since 2023
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 263450
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 NOVEMBER 1971 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 17 OCTOBER 2001,19 JUNE 2002, 27 JULY 2005 AND 17/7/13
- Companies House
- Company number 01031348 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078638035 · artisticdirector@sadlerswells.com
- 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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