Registered charity · Sunderland
Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust
- 10 trustees
- Income £22k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Adam LopardoTrustee · since 2024
- Donna ChambersTrustee · since 2022
- Gavin Stuart FosterTrustee · since 2026
- Graeme Thompson MBETrustee · since 2023
- Hannah James-SalterTrustee · since 2026
- John Dennis MowbrayTrustee · since 2021
- Julia PottsTrustee · since 2017
- Kumareswaradas RamanathasTrustee · since 2022
- Louise Adele BradfordTrustee · since 2026
- Sharon ApplebyTrustee · since 2021
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
- Sunderland, Durham, Northumberland
- Linked company
- Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust
- Registered
- 1973
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£22k£26k
- 2024£13k£17k
- 2023£28k£22k
Earlier years
- 2022£22k£16k
- 2021£11k£12k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS, SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM. )
Grants received
14 grants · £71,210 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
- Youth Music · £29,795
- Community Foundation North East · £22,040 (10 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £10,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,375 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Adam Lopardo since 2024
- Donna Chambers since 2022
- Gavin Stuart Foster since 2026
- Graeme Thompson MBE since 2023
- Hannah James-Salter since 2026
- Julia Potts since 2017
- John Dennis Mowbray since 2021
- Kumareswaradas Ramanathas since 2022
- Louise Adele Bradford since 2026
- Sharon Appleby since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Julia Potts since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Gavin Stuart Foster since 2026
- Hannah James-Salter since 2026
- Julia Potts since 2017
- Louise Adele Bradford since 2026
- Sharon Appleby since 2021
Portfolio (5)
- Adam Lopardo since 2024
- Donna Chambers since 2022
- Graeme Thompson MBE since 2023
- John Dennis Mowbray since 2021
- Kumareswaradas Ramanathas since 2022
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 502333
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 MARCH 1973AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 MAR 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 APR 2019 as amended on 05 Aug 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 01100887 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01915617849 · committees@sunderland.gov.uk
- 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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