The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Association of British Theatre Technicians

Registered charity 282069 Registered since 1981

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

3.5y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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 11Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 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 19Retail and trade 2Health and social care 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£822k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

8.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.3 in 2020

4 from 3 in 2022
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.abtt.org.uk
Emailoffice@abtt.org.uk
Phone02072429200
AddressAssociation of British Theatre Technicians, 22 Charing Cross Road, LONDON, WC2H 0QL

Finances

£822,120 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£364,767£385,353
2021£277,798£276,787
2022£586,201£549,059
2023£904,932£841,554
2024£822,120£705,565

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE TECHNICAL SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE THEATRE AND THEATRICAL PRESENTATION AND THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF GOOD THEATRE DESIGN AND TECHNICAL PRESENTATION OF THEATRICAL WORKS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AS AMENDED 30TH JANUARY 1981 AS AMENDED 31ST JULY 1981 AS AMENDED 5TH APRIL 2000, AND 24TH APRIL 2002 AS AMENDED 22ND SEPTEMBER 2005 as amended on 26 Apr 2023 as amended on 26 Apr 2023

Trustees (11)

11trustees
49median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Association of British Theatre Technicians (the) · 01231725 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/10/1975

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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