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Registered charity · Halifax

I O U Limited

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £380k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.ioutheatre.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
I.O.U. Limited
Registered
1977

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£380k£418k
  • 2024£333k£415k
  • 2023£381k£381k
Earlier years
  • 2022£432k£483k
  • 2021£297k£315k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 59%. 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 OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC.

Grants received

2 grants · £385,794 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 Heritage Fund · £197,390
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £188,404

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £197,3902025-05-08
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £188,4042022-10-13
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.

9 trustees on the board

4y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

9
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 9Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 8Disability 1

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

Arts and leisure 30Business services 1Dormant 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£380k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
273527
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPARATED 18TH MARCH 1977
Companies House
Company number 01303657 · Active
Contact on the register
01422 320190 · info@ioutheatre.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th 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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