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Orange Tree Theatre LTD
Orange Tree Theatre LTD is a registered charity (number 266128) based in Richmond, governed by 14 trustees and chaired by Judy Gibbons since 2023. Latest income £4.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Orange Tree Theatre (Charity Commission)
- 14 trustees
- Income £4.6m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Judy GibbonsChair · since 2023
- Anita AroraTrustee · since 2020
- Carolyn Tracey BackhouseTrustee · since 2017
- Corinne MeredithTrustee · since 2022
- David Norman MarksTrustee · since 2024
- Feras Al-ChalabiTrustee · since 2023
- Harriet Kate VarleyTrustee · since 2018
- India Semper-HughesTrustee · since 2017
- Indiana Zilpah Lown-CollinsTrustee · since 2024
- Lesley MorrisTrustee · since 2023
- Marina JonesTrustee · since 2023
- Richard BuxtonTrustee · since 2024
- Robert Peter LisneyTrustee · since 2020
- Victoria KentTrustee · since 2020
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
- Throughout London, Surrey
- Website
- www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Orange Tree Theatre Limited
- Registered
- 1978
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.6m£3.1m
- 2024£3.3m£2.4m
- 2023£1.9m£2.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£1.8m
- 2021£1.7m£1.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC.
Grants received
7 grants · £702,772 total360Giving 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £350,000 (2 grants)
- Backstage Trust · £150,000
- Richmond Foundation · £128,772 (2 grants)
- SHAREGIFT · £70,000
- Fenton Arts Trust · £4,000
Most recent
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Judy Gibbons Chair since 2023
- Anita Arora since 2020
- Carolyn Tracey Backhouse since 2017
- Corinne Meredith since 2022
- David Norman Marks since 2024
- Feras Al-Chalabi since 2023
- Harriet Kate Varley since 2018
- India Semper-Hughes since 2017
- Indiana Zilpah Lown-Collins since 2024
- Lesley Morris since 2023
- Marina Jones since 2023
- Richard Buxton since 2024
- Robert Peter Lisney since 2020
- Victoria Kent since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Anita Arora since 2020
- Carolyn Tracey Backhouse since 2017
- Harriet Kate Varley since 2018
- India Semper-Hughes since 2017
- Robert Peter Lisney since 2020
- Victoria Kent since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Carolyn Tracey Backhouse since 2017
- Corinne Meredith since 2022
- Harriet Kate Varley since 2018
- India Semper-Hughes since 2017
- Indiana Zilpah Lown-Collins since 2024
- Lesley Morris since 2023
- Marina Jones since 2023
- Robert Peter Lisney since 2020
- Victoria Kent since 2020
Portfolio (5)
- Judy Gibbons Chair since 2023
- Anita Arora since 2020
- David Norman Marks since 2024
- Feras Al-Chalabi since 2023
- Richard Buxton since 2024
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 266128
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10TH MAY 1973 AS AMENDED 20TH JULY 1978 AS AMENDED 13TH JUNE 1988 as amended on 08 Oct 2018 as amended on 13 Mar 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 01113093 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02089400141 · admin@orangetreetheatre.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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