Registered charity · Twickenham
Richmond Shakespeare Society
- 13 trustees
- Income £189k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Anthony MedawarChair · since 2024
- Arashveen O'KeeffeTrustee · since 2025
- Benjamin James FrancisTrustee · since 2025
- Catherine MessumTrustee · since 2024
- Charles James PhillipsTrustee · since 2023
- Charlotte HorobinTrustee · since 2024
- Eugene Allan HertzmanTrustee · since 2021
- Francis AbbottTrustee · since 2010
- Geoffrey WarrenTrustee · since 2024
- Matthew James DennisTrustee · since 2025
- Peter MessumTrustee · since 2025
- Rosemary BentleyTrustee · since 2024
- Simon BartlettTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey
- Website
- www.richmondshakespeare.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1978
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£189k£170k
- 2024£131k£138k
- 2023£125k£137k
Earlier years
- 2022£528k£86k
- 2021£45k£50k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC OF THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE IN PARTICULAR AND POETRY GENERALLY WITHIN THE AREA OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Anthony Medawar Chair since 2024
- Arashveen O'Keeffe since 2025
- Benjamin James Francis since 2025
- Catherine Messum since 2024
- Charles James Phillips since 2023
- Charlotte Horobin since 2024
- Eugene Allan Hertzman since 2021
- Francis Abbott since 2010
- Geoffrey Warren since 2024
- Matthew James Dennis since 2025
- Peter Messum since 2025
- Rosemary Bentley since 2024
- Simon Bartlett since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Francis Abbott since 2010
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Arashveen O'Keeffe since 2025
- Benjamin James Francis since 2025
- Eugene Allan Hertzman since 2021
- Francis Abbott since 2010
- Matthew James Dennis since 2025
- Peter Messum since 2025
- Simon Bartlett since 2021
Portfolio (6)
- Anthony Medawar Chair since 2024
- Catherine Messum since 2024
- Charles James Phillips since 2023
- Charlotte Horobin since 2024
- Geoffrey Warren since 2024
- Rosemary Bentley 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.
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 276271
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 24/05/1978AS AMENDED ON 06/07/1987AS AMENDED ON 05/10/2009AS AMENDED ON 05/10/2010AS AMENDED ON 07/10/2013 as amended on 29 Oct 2025
- Contact on the register
- 02087440547 · secretary@rss-mwt.org.uk
- 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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