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The Graeae Theatre Company Limited
The Graeae Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity (number 284589) based in London, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Tom Ryalls since 2025. Latest income £1.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Graeae (Charity Commission)
- 10 trustees
- Income £1.6m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Tom RyallsChair · since 2025
- Ayzah AhmedTrustee · since 2023
- Deborah Barugh ReesTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Jessica Margaret ParrottTrustee · since 2020
- Hannah Barham BrownTrustee · since 2025
- Lisa OguntoyinboTrustee · since 2021
- Nathan Crossan-SmithTrustee · since 2021
- Robin Steven Cantrill-FenwickTrustee · since 2023
- Sharon MarshallTrustee · since 2018
- Wing Hon Anthony LeeTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.graeae.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Graeae Theatre Company Limited
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.6m£1.5m
- 2024£1.3m£1.4m
- 2023£1.4m£1.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.5m£1.6m
- 2021£1.6m£1.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, OPERA, OPERETTA, JANCE, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, POETRY, SCULPTURE, PAINTING, MIME AND PUPPETRY.
Grants received
25 grants · £2,305,166 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 · £1,191,840 (3 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £489,050 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £288,107 (3 grants)
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch · £150,000 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £86,794 (8 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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
- Tom Ryalls Chair since 2025
- Ayzah Ahmed since 2023
- Deborah Barugh Rees since 2022
- Dr Jessica Margaret Parrott since 2020
- Hannah Barham Brown since 2025
- Lisa Oguntoyinbo since 2021
- Nathan Crossan-Smith since 2021
- Robin Steven Cantrill-Fenwick since 2023
- Sharon Marshall since 2018
- Wing Hon Anthony Lee since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Jessica Margaret Parrott since 2020
- Sharon Marshall since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Tom Ryalls Chair since 2025
- Ayzah Ahmed since 2023
- Dr Jessica Margaret Parrott since 2020
- Hannah Barham Brown since 2025
- Nathan Crossan-Smith since 2021
- Robin Steven Cantrill-Fenwick since 2023
Portfolio (4)
- Deborah Barugh Rees since 2022
- Lisa Oguntoyinbo since 2021
- Sharon Marshall since 2018
- Wing Hon Anthony Lee since 2021
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.
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
9.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 10.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 284589
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/03/1982AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/12/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 01619794 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02076136900 · info@graeae.org
- 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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