The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Theatre Development Trust

Registered charity 292559 Registered since 1985

Operates: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales

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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.

12 trustees on the board

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

12
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 12Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 2Other Charitable Purposes 1

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 54Other services 26Tech and media 12

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

35.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.6 in 2020

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EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailenquiries@soltukt.co.uk
Phone02075576700
AddressTHEATRE DEVELOPMENT TRUST, 32 ROSE STREET, LONDON, WC2E 9ET

Finances

£1,023,445 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£5,072,272£5,019,190
2021£5,026,011£3,949,625
2022£1,490,312£2,660,889
2023£689,728£1,344,930
2024£1,023,445£1,347,973

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE DRAMATIC AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/07/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23/03/2013 as amended on 15 Jul 2020 as amended on 22 Jul 2021 as amended on 19 Jul 2022

Trustees (12)

12trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Theatre Development Trust · 01928541 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 04/07/1985

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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