# Play to the Crowd

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1077139
- **Other names:** THE LIVE THEATRE WINCHESTER TRUST, THEATRE ROYAL WINCHESTER
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 24, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1077139


## Contact

- **Address:** Theatre Royal, 22-23 Jewry Street, Winchester
- **Postcode:** SO23 8SB
- **Phone:** 01962 844600
- **Email:** accounts@playtothecrowd.co.uk
- **Website:** playtothecrowd.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE CULTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN DRAMA, MIME, OPERA, SINGING MUSIC, DANCE, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, CINEMA, LITERATURE AND THE OTHER ARTS

**Activities:** Play to the Crowd Ltd (trading as Theatre Royal Winchester) is a 400 seat regional theatre situated in Winchester City providing a professional programme of mixed genre performances, and is the base for Hat Fair, street arts festival.  The theatre also includes a Participation and Learning Department and facilities for hire.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE HAMPSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Hampshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2666061 | £2685613 | £1049177 | 24 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2607394 | £2597624 | £1068729 | 22 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2265961 | £2436721 | £1058959 | 21 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1926953 | £1863315 | £1228603 | 22 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1657731 | £1059012 | £1166081 | 25 |



## Trustees

- **Mark Byford** (Chair) — appointed July 26, 2021
- Amy Eastwood — appointed Jan. 28, 2019
- Dr Helen Grime — appointed Oct. 14, 2025
- Dr Paul James Spencer — appointed July 24, 2017
- Lorraine Cheshire — appointed July 26, 2021
- Lynne Lockyer — appointed July 26, 2021
- Madeleine Risbridger — appointed July 28, 2025
- Majid Salim Dhana — appointed May 10, 2021
- Noemi Wall — appointed June 12, 2024
- Shaun Stacey — appointed April 28, 2019
- Sho Shibata — appointed May 10, 2021
- Steven Cross — appointed Jan. 28, 2019