Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle Theatre Royal Trust Limited
- 11 trustees
- Income £16m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is Newcastle Theatre Royal Trust Limited. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
- Nicholas Roger SwalesChair · since 2018
- Alison CurrieTrustee · since 2025
- Alison JonesTrustee · since 2023
- Andrew RobertsTrustee · since 2023
- Carolyn Sarah Jane RamsbothamTrustee · since 2025
- David Anthony TheobaldTrustee · since 2026
- Dorothy Patricia AlexanderTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Ben Fletcher-WatsonTrustee · since 2020
- Laura Jane CarterTrustee · since 2026
- Lorna EdwardsTrustee · since 2019
- Scott HollandTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- Where
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- Website
- www.theatre.royal.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Newcastle Theatre Royal Trust Limited
- Registered
- 1975
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16m£15m
- 2024£16m£16m
- 2023£17m£16m
Earlier years
- 2022£7.3m£8.1m
- 2021£4.5m£4.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE,MAINTAIN,IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS,INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA,MIME,DANCE,SINGING AND MUSIC AND TO FORMULATE,PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFORE PROVIDING THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.
Grants received
6 grants · £967,000 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
- Northern Rock Foundation · £887,000 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £50,000
- Community Foundation North East · £30,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Nicholas Roger Swales Chair since 2018
- Andrew Roberts since 2023
- Alison Currie since 2025
- Alison Jones since 2023
- Carolyn Sarah Jane Ramsbotham since 2025
- David Anthony Theobald since 2026
- Dorothy Patricia Alexander since 2025
- Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson since 2020
- Laura Jane Carter since 2026
- Lorna Edwards since 2019
- Scott Holland since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Nicholas Roger Swales Chair since 2018
- Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson since 2020
- Lorna Edwards since 2019
- Scott Holland since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Nicholas Roger Swales Chair since 2018
- Andrew Roberts since 2023
- Alison Currie since 2025
- Carolyn Sarah Jane Ramsbotham since 2025
- David Anthony Theobald since 2026
- Dorothy Patricia Alexander since 2025
- Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson since 2020
- Laura Jane Carter since 2026
- Lorna Edwards since 2019
- Scott Holland since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Alison Jones since 2023
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
4.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 504473
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/06/1975AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/02/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/07/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20/07/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/03/2015 as amended on 30 Jul 2019 as amended on 13 Dec 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 01217427 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01912442500 · colin.johnston@theatreroyal.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data