# CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1088552
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 24, 2001
- **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=1088552


## Contact

- **Address:** Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Chichester
- **Postcode:** PO19 6AP
- **Phone:** 01243784437
- **Email:** marketing@cft.org.uk
- **Website:** www.cft.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:- TO ENCOURAGE THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF AESTHETIC EDUCATION AND THE CULTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC TASTE IN DRAMA, OPERA, MUSIC, PAINTING AND THE OTHER ARTS BY PROVIDING, PRESENTING, PRODUCING, ORGANISING, MANAGING AND CONDUCTING PERFORMANCES OF PLAYS, OPERA, BALLET, FILMS, CONCERTS, CLASSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER SIMILAR EVENTS OF CULTURAL VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS SHALL BE THE MAIN OBJECT OF THE COMPANY.

**Activities:** With its two auditoria, together offering some 1,600 seats, Chichester Festival Theatre is the major publicly funded theatre resource in the South East of England. It aims to balance a repertory of diverse and challenging productions and a socially inclusive educational policy with high attendances from a wide geographic and demographic spread.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE CHICHESTER




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- West Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £23233084 | £21140922 | £24200363 | 184 |
| March 31, 2024 | £17473688 | £17642185 | £22108201 | 173 |
| March 31, 2023 | £17219774 | £17662951 | £22276698 | 168 |
| March 31, 2022 | £11162261 | £12274766 | £22719875 | 147 |
| March 31, 2021 | £5643877 | £5783683 | £23832381 | 138 |



## Trustees

- Anne McMeehan Roberts — appointed Sept. 26, 2025
- CAROLINE DENISE NEWLING — appointed April 1, 2022
- Daniel William Matthew Humby — appointed Dec. 12, 2025
- Jessica Sian Louise Brown-Fuller — appointed July 14, 2023
- Jordi Michael Carter — appointed Dec. 12, 2025
- MARK FOSTER — appointed Jan. 20, 2022
- NEIL ADLEMAN — appointed March 15, 2024
- Natasha Gladman — appointed Dec. 8, 2023
- Nitin Pasricha — appointed Dec. 11, 2020
- Patrick George Dillon — appointed Dec. 8, 2023
- Philip Anthony Shepherd — appointed Dec. 13, 2019
- Stephanie Street — appointed Feb. 20, 2018
- Victoria Illingworth — appointed Dec. 13, 2019