Registered charity · Swindon
Prime Theatre
- 10 trustees
- Income £330k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Nicholas Richard Capstick OBEChair · since 2020
- Bobby Lee Charles SeymourTrustee · since 2025
- Daniella FairclothTrustee · since 2026
- Emma CarterTrustee · since 2016
- Graeme Edward LeighfieldTrustee · since 2025
- Jade BennettTrustee · since 2021
- Kiara Ellie WakeleyTrustee · since 2025
- Laura Katherine GouldenTrustee · since 2020
- Mark Alan NewtonTrustee · since 2025
- Peter HorwatTrustee · since 2011
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
- Wiltshire, Swindon
- Website
- www.primetheatre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Prime Theatre
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£330k£443k
- 2024£417k£334k
- 2023£422k£327k
Earlier years
- 2022£377k£269k
- 2021£279k£221k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 6% · Government grants 66%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY BY THE FORMULATION, PREPARATION, ESTABLISHMENT AND PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS, FESTIVALS AND PRODUCTIONS.
Grants received
29 grants · £807,617 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 Culture, Media & Sport · £227,555 (2 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £165,000 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £138,425 (3 grants)
- Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation · £101,933 (9 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £75,904 (4 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Dr Nicholas Richard Capstick OBE Chair since 2020
- Bobby Lee Charles Seymour since 2025
- Daniella Faircloth since 2026
- Emma Carter since 2016
- Graeme Edward Leighfield since 2025
- Jade Bennett since 2021
- Kiara Ellie Wakeley since 2025
- Laura Katherine Goulden since 2020
- Mark Alan Newton since 2025
- Peter Horwat since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Nicholas Richard Capstick OBE Chair since 2020
- Emma Carter since 2016
- Laura Katherine Goulden since 2020
- Peter Horwat since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Dr Nicholas Richard Capstick OBE Chair since 2020
- Bobby Lee Charles Seymour since 2025
- Daniella Faircloth since 2026
- Emma Carter since 2016
- Graeme Edward Leighfield since 2025
- Jade Bennett since 2021
- Kiara Ellie Wakeley since 2025
- Laura Katherine Goulden since 2020
- Mark Alan Newton since 2025
- Peter Horwat since 2011
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
- 298436
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/09/1987AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 26/06/2002NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 07/04/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24/09/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 SEP 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 02163378 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01793614846 · info@primetheatre.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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