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Chester Mystery Plays Limited
- 9 trustees
- Income £2k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew ClarksonTrustee
- Andrew LongfieldTrustee · since 2022
- Colin PottsTrustee · since 2017
- Felicity RoochoveTrustee · since 2014
- Jennifer JacksonTrustee · since 2020
- Nicholas FRYTrustee
- Rev Jonathan PhillipsTrustee · since 2017
- Simon ParringtonTrustee · since 2018
- Vanda Elizabeth HargenTrustee · since 2018
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
- Wirral, Cheshire East, Flintshire, Cheshire West & Chester
- Website
- www.chestermysteryplays.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Chester Mystery Plays Limited
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£2k£2k
- 2023£300k£328k
- 2022£32k£34k
Earlier years
- 2021£32k£10k
- 2020£7k£10k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE CHESTET MYSTER PLAYS IN WHOLE OR IN PART AND TO PROMOTE, FOSTER, IMPROVE AND ENCOURAGE THE ARTS OF MUSIC, SINGING, DRAMA, MIME, DANCE AND THE ARTS CO-RELATED THEREWITH RESPECTIVELY PROVIDED THAT THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF CHARITIABLE NATURE ONLY. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM).
Grants received
1 grant · £47,400 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 · £47,400
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Andrew Clarkson
- Andrew Longfield since 2022
- Colin Potts since 2017
- Felicity Roochove since 2014
- Jennifer Jackson since 2020
- Nicholas FRY
- Rev Jonathan Phillips since 2017
- Simon Parrington since 2018
- Vanda Elizabeth Hargen since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Colin Potts since 2017
- Felicity Roochove since 2014
- Rev Jonathan Phillips since 2017
- Simon Parrington since 2018
- Vanda Elizabeth Hargen since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Andrew Clarkson
- Andrew Longfield since 2022
- Colin Potts since 2017
- Felicity Roochove since 2014
- Jennifer Jackson since 2020
- Nicholas FRY
- Rev Jonathan Phillips since 2017
- Simon Parrington since 2018
- Vanda Elizabeth Hargen 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 518768
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 27 AUGUST 1986 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 13 APRIL 1987.
- Companies House
- Company number 02050251 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07802888131 · admin@chestermysteryplays.com
- 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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