Registered charity · Bath
The Theatre Royal Bath Limited
The Theatre Royal Bath Limited is a registered charity (number 277723) based in Bath, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Paul Bentley Heal. Latest income £20m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
3.1.1 the advancement and promotion of the arts for the benefit of the public, including (but not limited to) theatre, music, dance and live performance and the encouragement of artistic knowledge and appreciation by providing opportunities for all...
- 10 trustees
- Income £20m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Paul Bentley HealChair
- Alison Patricia Sian BornTrustee · since 2025
- Charlotte Lucy WalkerTrustee
- Cosmo Joseph FRYTrustee
- Dominic Jerome EatonTrustee · since 2013
- Henry MeakinTrustee · since 2019
- Katja KammererTrustee · since 2019
- Margaret CookeTrustee · since 2020
- Ruth Abigail KeilyTrustee · since 2023
- Simon HoldsworthTrustee · since 2019
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
- Somerset, Wiltshire, Bath And North East Somerset
- Website
- www.theatreroyal.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Theatre Royal Bath Limited
- Registered
- 1979
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£20m£18m
- 2024£19m£18m
- 2023£14m£14m
Earlier years
- 2022£14m£12m
- 2021£2.9m£3.6m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1.1 the advancement and promotion of the arts for the benefit of the public, including (but not limited to) theatre, music, dance and live performance and the encouragement of artistic knowledge and appreciation by providing opportunities for all to experience live theatre and artistic performance, including by maintaining and supporting the Theatre Royal, Bath and all its auditoria; and 3.1.2 the advancement and promotion of education in the arts for the benefit of the public, including (but not limited to) by providing opportunities for participation in the arts to a wide and diverse community.
Grants received
6 grants · £1,053,351 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £813,367
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £150,000
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £60,000
- Department for Work and Pensions · £18,129
- Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation · £10,855
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Work and Pensions
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Paul Bentley Heal Chair
- Alison Patricia Sian Born since 2025
- Charlotte Lucy Walker
- Cosmo Joseph FRY
- Dominic Jerome Eaton since 2013
- Henry Meakin since 2019
- Katja Kammerer since 2019
- Margaret Cooke since 2020
- Ruth Abigail Keily since 2023
- Simon Holdsworth since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Dominic Jerome Eaton since 2013
- Henry Meakin since 2019
- Katja Kammerer since 2019
- Margaret Cooke since 2020
- Simon Holdsworth since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Charlotte Lucy Walker
- Dominic Jerome Eaton since 2013
- Henry Meakin since 2019
- Katja Kammerer since 2019
- Ruth Abigail Keily since 2023
- Simon Holdsworth since 2019
Portfolio (4)
- Paul Bentley Heal Chair
- Alison Patricia Sian Born since 2025
- Cosmo Joseph FRY
- Margaret Cooke since 2020
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 22.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 277723
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22ND FEBRUARY 1979 AND AMENDED 15TH OCTOBER 1979 as amended on 25 Apr 1986 as amended on 22 Dec 2020 as amended on 18 Feb 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 01416448 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01225448815 · charity@theatreroyal.org.uk
- 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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