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Registered charity · Blackpool

The Friends of the Grand

To assist and support Blackpool Grand Theatre Ltd ("The Trust") and Blackpool Grand Theatre (Arts and Entertainments) Ltd ("A&E") in all aspects of their charitable purposes, including (and not limited to) all aspects of the management, maintenance,...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £13k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Cheshire East, Cumbria, Lancashire, Blackpool and more
Website
www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/friends (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£13k£13k
  • 2024£13k£20k
  • 2023£20k£308k
Earlier years
  • 2022£9k£68k
  • 2021£16k£18k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

To assist and support Blackpool Grand Theatre Ltd ("The Trust") and Blackpool Grand Theatre (Arts and Entertainments) Ltd ("A&E") in all aspects of their charitable purposes, including (and not limited to) all aspects of the management, maintenance, control, operations, development, programming, facilities, fixtures, fittings, heritage, promotion, marketing, productions, fundraising, educational, cultural and social activities of The Grand.To promote interest in the performing arts.To promote social and other events that benefit the general public, including members of the Friends and audiences of The Grand.To provide a medium/contact to enable members of the Friends to submit suggestions and issues relating to the theatre.

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

0.7y median 0y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
0.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£13k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
514538
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 19 DECEMBER 1980 AS AMENDED 9 OCTOBER 1983 as amended on 16 Feb 2018 as amended on 26 Apr 2023 as amended on 01 May 2025 as amended on 01 May 2025
Contact on the register
01253743300 · friends@blackpoolgrand.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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