The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Theatres Trust Charitable Fund

Registered charity 274697 Registered since 1977

Operates: Scotland, Throughout England And Wales

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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.

2.9y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
2
trustees past 6 years
7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (3)

8
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 15Environment/conservation/heritage 15Education/training 2Accommodation/housing 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 22Education 3Business services 2

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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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£1.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

14 from 9 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.theatrestrust.org.uk
Emailinfo@theatrestrust.org.uk
Phone0207 836 8591
Address22 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON, WC2H 0QL

Finances

£1,401,104 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,006,226£1,181,487
2022£1,043,572£1,011,629
2023£1,175,927£1,109,762
2024£1,304,597£1,354,426
2025£1,401,104£1,458,201

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION IN RELATION OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE DRAMATIC ARTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ARTS, PARTICULARLY BY PROMOTING THE MAINTENANCE USE AND BETTER PROTECTION OF THEATRES AND PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION BY ALL CHARITABLE MEANS.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 31ST OCTOBER 1977 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 13TH DECEMBER 1989

Trustees (15)

15trustees
46median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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