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Registered charity · Bristol

Acta Community Theatre LTD.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £351k (2026)
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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
Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 3 more
Where
North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
Website
www.acta-bristol.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Acta Community Theatre LTD
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£351k£359k
  • 2025£311k£337k
  • 2024£324k£360k
Earlier years
  • 2023£318k£353k
  • 2022£454k£362k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 38%. 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 PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

Grants received

54 grants · £2,382,954 total

360Giving 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 Community Fund · £1,234,378 (13 grants)
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £425,000 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £169,775 (4 grants)
  • BBC Children in Need · £150,020 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £126,607 (5 grants)

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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.

7 trustees on the board

2.9y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7Education/training 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 8Health and social care 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£311k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
37%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
800174
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26TH AUGUST 1987 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 26TH AUGUST 1988 DEFINED IN PRACTICE BRISTOL AND AVON
Companies House
Company number 02157661 · Active
Contact on the register
01179532448 · info@acta-bristol.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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