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Toads Theatre Company

Toads Theatre Company is a registered charity (number 286490) based in Torquay, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Jon Manley since 2024. Latest income £178k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £178k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Torbay
Website
www.toadslittletheatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£178k£183k
  • 2024£210k£198k
  • 2023£192k£179k
Earlier years
  • 2022£100k£141k
  • 2021£27k£60k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 71%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF DRAMA AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ART AND TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Grants received

1 grant · £3,050 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £3,050

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £3,0502003-05-15
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.

9 trustees on the board

2.9y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

0
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 9Education/training 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£178k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
286490
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AND RULES DATED 1ST FEBRUARY 1983 AS AMENDED 2ND JUNE 1983 AS AMENDED 17 OCTOBER 2001 AND 22 MAY 2007AS AMENDED ON 30 OCT 2023
Contact on the register
01803299330 · info@toadstheatre.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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