Registered charity · Welwyn Garden City
The Barn Theatre Trust Limited
- 11 trustees
- Income £243k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ian Henry Haynes MajorChair · since 2017
- Barbara Ellen Holgate - StuckeyTrustee · since 2023
- Celia Jane RobertsTrustee · since 2026
- Danny SwansonTrustee · since 2023
- Jacqueline Paterson ClaytonTrustee · since 2023
- Lisa Jane HarrisonTrustee · since 2026
- Michael John MerryTrustee · since 2013
- Nigel Kenneth RiveTrustee · since 2019
- Sarah Jane GennoeTrustee · since 2023
- Sheila GrimmantTrustee · since 2017
- Sofia Jerico Oliva DuarteTrustee · since 2023
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
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.barntheatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Barn Theatre Trust Limited
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£243k£186k
- 2024£238k£177k
- 2023£207k£161k
Earlier years
- 2022£118k£122k
- 2021£53k£63k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Ian Henry Haynes Major Chair since 2017
- Barbara Ellen Holgate - Stuckey since 2023
- Celia Jane Roberts since 2026
- Danny Swanson since 2023
- Jacqueline Paterson Clayton since 2023
- Lisa Jane Harrison since 2026
- Michael John Merry since 2013
- Nigel Kenneth Rive since 2019
- Sofia Jerico Oliva Duarte since 2023
- Sarah Jane Gennoe since 2023
- Sheila Grimmant since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Ian Henry Haynes Major Chair since 2017
- Michael John Merry since 2013
- Nigel Kenneth Rive since 2019
- Sheila Grimmant since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Ian Henry Haynes Major Chair since 2017
- Barbara Ellen Holgate - Stuckey since 2023
- Celia Jane Roberts since 2026
- Danny Swanson since 2023
- Jacqueline Paterson Clayton since 2023
- Lisa Jane Harrison since 2026
- Michael John Merry since 2013
- Nigel Kenneth Rive since 2019
- Sofia Jerico Oliva Duarte since 2023
- Sarah Jane Gennoe since 2023
- Sheila Grimmant since 2017
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
- 284143
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16TH DECEMBER 1981 as amended on 07 Jan 2019 as amended on 23 Oct 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 01604619 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01707330672 · FINANCE@BARNTHEATRE.CO.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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