# THE COMEDY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1093264
- **Other names:** THE LIVERPOOL COMEDY TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04420032](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04420032)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_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.




## 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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** LIVERPOOL AND ITS SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
- Scotland
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West &amp; Chester
- Knowsley
- Lancashire
- Liverpool City
- Sefton
- St Helens
- Wirral





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **GILLIAN MILLER** | Chair |  |
| Amina Ismail |  | March 15, 2026 |
| Dr Marie Caslin |  | June 18, 2024 |
| Freya Elizabeth Jones |  | July 2, 2024 |
| Iain Duncan Christie |  | Feb. 16, 2017 |
| Jane Vicky Nuttall |  | May 18, 2026 |
| KEVIN DUNN |  |  |
| Mark Fitzpatrick |  | Feb. 9, 2026 |
| Prof Matthew James Ashton |  | Feb. 9, 2026 |




