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Leeds Heritage Theatres

The Objects are specifically restricted to the following:3.1 to advance the arts in the Leeds City Region and elsewhere, including by providing access to, and facilities for, high quality and engaging live performance and film, including (but not...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £15m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Also 6 organisations acting as trustee: Anna Franks, Annabel Tonge, Cllr Ryan Stephenson, Madeleine Clare Robinson, Michael James Tucker, Tania Harrison.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Leeds City
Website
www.leedsgrandtheatre.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Leeds Heritage Theatres
Registered
1970

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£15m£15m
  • 2024£15m£15m
  • 2023£17m£17m
Earlier years
  • 2022£11m£10m
  • 2021£3.6m£4.6m
Charitable objects

The Objects are specifically restricted to the following:3.1 to advance the arts in the Leeds City Region and elsewhere, including by providing access to, and facilities for, high quality and engaging live performance and film, including (but not limited to) music, drama, musical theatre, variety, dance, opera, ballet, comedy and film; and3.2 to advance education, particularly through the arts, including by (but not limited to) providing inclusive and skills-based training to develop creative and transferable skills and knowledge through theatre and film courses, work with young people, educational placements and accredited training in partnership with educational establishments, school curriculum-based workshops, providing access to the Company's archives, and providing access to, and facilities for, educational film and theatre.

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.

6 trustees on the board

1.8y median 0.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 5Other services 4Health and social care 2

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£14.9m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.8 in 2021

201 from 220 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
500408
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27TH APRIL 1970 as amended on 21 May 1974 as amended on 09 Mar 2017 as amended on 27 Jun 2024 as amended on 16 Aug 2024
Companies House
Company number 00978161 · Active
Contact on the register
01132977013 · ANNE.HARRISON@LEEDSGRANDTHEATRE.COM
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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