Registered charity · Winchester
Winchester Dramatic Society
- 10 trustees
- Income £210k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Paul RiddellChair · since 2025
- David SmallTrustee · since 2011
- Joanne Tracy AshwellTrustee · since 2020
- Marcus David WhitfieldTrustee · since 2025
- Martin HumphreyTrustee · since 2011
- Peter Glyn BatesonTrustee
- Peter Mervyn LiddiardTrustee · since 2022
- Sarah Natalie JacobsTrustee · since 2022
- Stephanie Jane DanbyTrustee · since 2020
- Zoe Daphne SnowTrustee · since 2024
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
- Hampshire
- Website
- www.chesiltheatre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Winchester Dramatic Society
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£210k£55k
- 2024£152k£60k
- 2023£128k£46k
Earlier years
- 2022£122k£37k
- 2021£37k£20k
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC, LITERATURE, POETRY.
Board analysis for researchers
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 Riddell Chair since 2025
- David Small since 2011
- Joanne Tracy Ashwell since 2020
- Martin Humphrey since 2011
- Marcus David Whitfield since 2025
- Peter Glyn Bateson
- Peter Mervyn Liddiard since 2022
- Sarah Natalie Jacobs since 2022
- Stephanie Jane Danby since 2020
- Zoe Daphne Snow since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- David Small since 2011
- Martin Humphrey since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Paul Riddell Chair since 2025
- David Small since 2011
- Joanne Tracy Ashwell since 2020
- Martin Humphrey since 2011
- Marcus David Whitfield since 2025
- Peter Glyn Bateson
- Peter Mervyn Liddiard since 2022
- Sarah Natalie Jacobs since 2022
- Stephanie Jane Danby since 2020
- Zoe Daphne Snow since 2024
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
- 285043
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11TH MARCH 1982
- Companies House
- Company number 01621492 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01962 867086 · info@chesiltheatre.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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