The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Diorama Arts Centre

Registered charity 283452 Registered since 1981

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

13 trustees on the board

2.9y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

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 12Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 10Economic/community Development/employment 2Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 7Education 4Health 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.1m latest income
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.

6.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.8 in 2021

19 from 15 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.
13%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.olddiorama.com
Emailoffice@olddiorama.com
Phone02073830727
Address201 Drummond Street, London, NW1 3FE

Finances

£1,087,334 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£240,050£379,691
2022£650,126£640,878
2023£854,466£873,732
2024£914,885£997,792
2025£1,087,334£1,081,952

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

The Charity's objects are restricted specifically only for the public benefit to advance the arts and culture especially those activities which seek to make the arts relevant to the community and thereby advance citizenship and community development for the benefit of the general public.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15TH SEPTEMBER 1981 as amended on 06 Aug 2019 as amended on 23 Feb 2023 as amended on 23 Feb 2023

Trustees (13)

13trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Diorama Arts Centre · 01585918 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 15/09/1981

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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