# THE COMEDY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1093264
- **Other names:** THE LIVERPOOL COMEDY TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 1, 2002
- **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=1093264


## Contact

- **Address:** Royal Court Theatre, 1 Roe Street, Liverpool
- **Postcode:** L1 1HL
- **Phone:** 0151 702 5893
- **Email:** info@thecomedytrust.com
- **Website:** www.thecomedytrust.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC OF LIVERPOOL OF WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, DISCUSSION FORUMS AND WRITING COMPETITIONS FOR SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHERWISE IN THE ART OF COMIC WRITING, PERFORMANCE AND MOVEMENT WHETHER BY LIVE PERFORMANCE, RADIO,CINEMA, TELEVISION OR ANY OTHER RELATED MEDIA

**Activities:** Runs Community, Education and Mental Health and Wellbeing programmes throughout the year across Merseyside, NW England and the UK including the annual Liverpool Comedy Festival. The main focus is the ground breaking mental health and well-being programmes that aim to improve health and well-being, boost confidence, self-esteem and help to eradicate the stigma surrounding mental illness.

**Area of benefit:** LIVERPOOL AND ITS SURROUNDING DISTRICTS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Knowsley
- Lancashire
- Liverpool City
- Sefton
- St Helens
- Wirral



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2025 | £103216 | £101682 | — | — |
| April 30, 2024 | £94564 | £94212 | — | — |
| April 30, 2023 | £57392 | £82667 | — | — |
| April 30, 2022 | £65484 | £74566 | — | — |
| April 30, 2021 | £73126 | £57662 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **GILLIAN MILLER** (Chair)
- Amina Ismail — appointed March 15, 2026
- Dr Marie Caslin — appointed June 18, 2024
- Freya Elizabeth Jones — appointed July 2, 2024
- Iain Duncan Christie — appointed Feb. 16, 2017
- KEVIN DUNN
- Mark Fitzpatrick — appointed Feb. 9, 2026
- Prof Matthew James Ashton — appointed Feb. 9, 2026