Registered charity · Leeds
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
- Linda Pollard Chair since 2026
- Anna Franks since 2023
- Annabel Tonge since 2025
- Cllr Ryan Stephenson since 2023
- Hamish Anderson since 2025
- Kris Brewster since 2018
- Madeleine Clare Robinson since 2023
- Malcolm Allan Simpson since 2026
- Martin Bernard Farrington since 2024
- Michael James Tucker since 2025
- Robert Alan Chesterfield since 2026
- Tania Harrison since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Kris Brewster since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Hamish Anderson since 2025
- Kris Brewster since 2018
- Malcolm Allan Simpson since 2026
- Martin Bernard Farrington since 2024
- Robert Alan Chesterfield since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Linda Pollard Chair since 2026
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
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.8 in 2021
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
- 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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