Registered charity · North Yorkshire
The Harrogate Dramatic Society
- 9 trustees
- Income £39k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher Dennis RawsonChair · since 2019
- Angela Elizabeth PonsfordTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Tony FennertyTrustee · since 2023
- Judith HoweTrustee · since 2017
- Katherine Mary AndrewTrustee · since 2024
- Matthew SnowdenTrustee · since 2025
- Melanie JamesTrustee · since 2023
- Rebecca Marie AlbroTrustee · since 2024
- Sue RawsonTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- www.hds-online.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1970
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£39k£35k
- 2024£36k£33k
- 2023£21k£26k
Earlier years
- 2022£24k£24k
- 2021£25k£13k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC ARTS AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THOSE ARTS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE RULES.
Grants received
1 grant · £985 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £985
Most recent
- 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.
9 trustees on the board
- Christopher Dennis Rawson Chair since 2019
- Angela Elizabeth Ponsford since 2022
- Dr Tony Fennerty since 2023
- Judith Howe since 2017
- Katherine Mary Andrew since 2024
- Matthew Snowden since 2025
- Melanie James since 2023
- Rebecca Marie Albro since 2024
- Sue Rawson since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Dennis Rawson Chair since 2019
- Judith Howe since 2017
- Sue Rawson since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Angela Elizabeth Ponsford since 2022
- Katherine Mary Andrew since 2024
- Matthew Snowden since 2025
- Melanie James since 2023
- Rebecca Marie Albro since 2024
- Sue Rawson since 2017
Portfolio (3)
- Christopher Dennis Rawson Chair since 2019
- Dr Tony Fennerty since 2023
- Judith Howe since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on 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
- 500318
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 27 JULY 1970 AS AMENDED 27 JULY 1971
- Contact on the register
- 07775630260 · hdstreasurer1@gmail.com
- 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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