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Wakefield Theatre Trust
Wakefield Theatre Trust is a registered charity (number 503597) based in Wakefield, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £2.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £2.4m (2025)
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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, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- City Of Wakefield
- Website
- www.theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Wakefield Theatre Trust
- Registered
- 1974
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.4m£2.5m
- 2024£2.0m£2.2m
- 2023£2.1m£2.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.7m£1.7m
- 2021£1.2m£824k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE FOSTER IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS OF MUSIC SINGING DRAMA MIME AND DANCE AND THE ARTS CO-RELATED THEREWITH. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3).
Grants received
16 grants · £679,292 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 Heritage Fund · £259,800 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £200,000
- Power to Change Trust · £125,000 (2 grants)
- Youth Music · £29,887
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £20,000
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Abigail Ellen Cattley since 2023
- Daniel John Mccormack since 2021
- Darren Johnson since 2021
- Kathryn Morgan since 2016
- Nigel Gordon Brook since 2021
- Paul Edward Wainwright since 2023
- Peter Box since 2018
- Victoria Ackroyd since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Kathryn Morgan since 2016
- Peter Box since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Abigail Ellen Cattley since 2023
- Daniel John Mccormack since 2021
- Darren Johnson since 2021
- Paul Edward Wainwright since 2023
- Victoria Ackroyd since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Kathryn Morgan since 2016
- Nigel Gordon Brook since 2021
- Peter Box since 2018
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
3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 503597
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 JUNE 1974 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 3 JANUARY 2001 AND SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19 SEPTEMBER 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 SEP 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 01173859 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01924334112 · mail@theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 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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