The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Talawa Theatre Company Limited

Registered charity 327362 Registered since 1987

Operates: 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.

2.2y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

13
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 13Education/training 13

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 14Education 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£2.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.2 in 2021

25 from 11 in 2021
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.talawa.com
Emailhq@talawa.com
Phone02072516644
AddressFAIRFIELD HALLS, PARK LANE, CROYDON, CR9 1DG

Finances

£2,301,214 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£532,613£459,576
2022£728,451£714,403
2023£735,435£722,403
2024£1,134,655£1,358,358
2025£2,301,214£2,457,784

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE SINGING AND MUSIC.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 APRIL 1986 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 JANUARY 1987, 12 APRIL 2005 AND 10 NOVEMBER 2005.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 JAN 2018 as amended on 25 Sep 2020

Trustees (13)

13trustees
37median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Talawa Theatre Company Limited · 02005971 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 02/04/1986

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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