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The Little Theatre Cleadon

The Little Theatre Cleadon is a registered charity (number 500334) based in Sunderland, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Margaret Burns since 2019. Latest income £20k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £20k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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
South Tyneside
Website
littletheatrecleadon.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£20k£15k
  • 2024£18k£20k
  • 2023£19k£22k
Earlier years
  • 2022£28k£21k
  • 2021£23k£21k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 69%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN DRAMA BY THE STUDY OF PLAYS AND THE THEATRE AND, BY PUBLIC PRODUCTIONS TO ENCOURAGE A MORE DISCERNING APPRECIATION OF DRAMA AMONG ITS PATRONS

Grants received

1 grant · £5,000 total

360Giving 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 · £5,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002005-05-13
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.

6 trustees on the board

6.8y median 6.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
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 6Education/training 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£20k latest income
86 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
500334
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES ADOPTED 28 MAY 1953AS AMENDED ON 30 MAY 1956AS AMENDED ON 27 MAY 1957AS AMENDED ON 12 AUG 1959AS AMENDED ON 05 JUN 1972AS AMENDED ON 24 JUN 2003AS AMENDED ON 17 JUN 2011AS AMENDED ON 08 SEP 2016
Contact on the register
07791485557 · magsaitchison@hotmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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