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Registered charity · Rossendale

Horse and Bamboo Theatre

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £280k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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
Throughout England
Website
www.horseandbamboo.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Horse and Bamboo Theatre LTD
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£280k£353k
  • 2024£323k£326k
  • 2023£363k£299k
Earlier years
  • 2022£226k£222k
  • 2021£232k£176k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF PUPPETRY, PRINTMAKING, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, MIME, DANCE, SINGING, MUSIC AND CERAMICS AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

Grants received

9 grants · £689,046 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £411,814 (3 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £160,907
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £69,600
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
  • Northern Rock Foundation · £16,925 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £20,0002025-07-07
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £160,9072022-10-13
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £160,0002022-03-04
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £125,9072021-12-13
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8002018-08-30
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.

6 trustees on the board

2.3y median 1.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
2.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
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 6Education/training 6

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 7Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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£280k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
292326
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/05/1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/07/2013NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23/10/2013 as amended on 13 Feb 2025 as amended on 13 Feb 2025 as amended on 13 Feb 2025
Companies House
Company number 01731859 · Active
Contact on the register
01706220241 · info@horseandbamboo.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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