Registered charity · London
Equity Charitable Trust
- 10 trustees
- Income £578k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- David John SteeleTrustee · since 2024
- Harold FinleyTrustee · since 2024
- Helen Louise GraingerTrustee · since 2022
- Joseph BallardTrustee · since 2026
- Julia Carson SimsTrustee · since 2024
- Lee Daniel HedgesTrustee · since 2024
- Nicholas Guy ChambersTrustee · since 2025
- Shenagh GovanTrustee · since 2022
- Stephen Nigel GilchristTrustee · since 2020
- William Cummings ThompsonTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.equitycharitabletrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Equity Charitable Trust
- Registered
- 1989
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£578k£953k
- 2024£489k£953k
- 2023£584k£770k
Earlier years
- 2022£732k£756k
- 2021£1.3m£1.7m
Charitable objects
1) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS AND THE PROMOTION, PRESENTATION, PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS AND THE RAISING BY CHARITABLE MEANS OF FUNDING THEREFORE AND ITS PROVISION FOR SUCH PURPOSES. II) TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE WELFARE AND HEALTH (BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL) OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMERS AND FORMER PERFORMERS (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF BRITISH ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION) THEIR RELATIVES AND DEPENDANTS AND OTHERS CONNECTED WITH THEM WHO ARE SICK OR IN NEED OF SUCH PROVISION BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS AND TO RAISE AND DISBURSE FUNDS FOR SUCH PURPOSES.
Board analysis for researchers
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
- David John Steele since 2024
- Harold Finley since 2024
- Helen Louise Grainger since 2022
- Joseph Ballard since 2026
- Julia Carson Sims since 2024
- Lee Daniel Hedges since 2024
- Nicholas Guy Chambers since 2025
- Shenagh Govan since 2022
- Stephen Nigel Gilchrist since 2020
- William Cummings Thompson since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- David John Steele since 2024
- Helen Louise Grainger since 2022
- Joseph Ballard since 2026
- Julia Carson Sims since 2024
- Lee Daniel Hedges since 2024
- Nicholas Guy Chambers since 2025
- Shenagh Govan since 2022
- Stephen Nigel Gilchrist since 2020
- William Cummings Thompson since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Harold Finley since 2024
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.
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
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 97.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 328103
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 JANUARY 1989 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28 SEPTEMBER 1989 AND 24 MAY 1995, AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13 NOVEMBER 2008 as amended on 20 Feb 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 02341733 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078311926 · kaethe@equitycharitabletrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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