Registered charity · Cambridgeshire
The Festival Players, Cambridge
The Festival Players, Cambridge is a registered charity (number 802284) based in Cambridgeshire, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £64k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £64k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ana Christina SandersonTrustee · since 2022
- Catriona ClarkeTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Susan SadekTrustee · since 2015
- Frances WatsonTrustee · since 2021
- Helena CornuTrustee · since 2022
- Kathryn RussellTrustee · since 2025
- Matthew BrownTrustee · since 2022
- Oliver FisherTrustee · since 2009
- Richard EvansTrustee · since 2025
- Suzanne EmersonTrustee · since 2002
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, Recreation
- Where
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- festivalplayers.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1989
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£64k£56k
- 2024£23k£25k
- 2023£22k£17k
Earlier years
- 2022£36k£23k
- 2021£92£760
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE GROUP SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR, THE ARTS OF MUSIC AND DRAMA.
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
- Ana Christina Sanderson since 2022
- Catriona Clarke since 2017
- Dr Susan Sadek since 2015
- Frances Watson since 2021
- Helena Cornu since 2022
- Kathryn Russell since 2025
- Matthew Brown since 2022
- Oliver Fisher since 2009
- Richard Evans since 2025
- Suzanne Emerson since 2002
Trustees past 6 years
- Catriona Clarke since 2017
- Dr Susan Sadek since 2015
- Oliver Fisher since 2009
- Suzanne Emerson since 2002
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Ana Christina Sanderson since 2022
- Catriona Clarke since 2017
- Dr Susan Sadek since 2015
- Frances Watson since 2021
- Helena Cornu since 2022
- Kathryn Russell since 2025
- Matthew Brown since 2022
- Oliver Fisher since 2009
- Richard Evans since 2025
- Suzanne Emerson since 2002
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 802284
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1987 AS AMENDED 1ST OCTBER 1989 as amended on 24 Oct 1999 as amended on 27 Oct 2002 as amended on 26 Oct 2008 as amended on 28 Oct 2012
- Contact on the register
- 01480473223 · secretary@festivalplayers.org
- 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.
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