# OPEN CLASP THEATRE COMPANY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1108000
- **Other names:** OPEN CLASP
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 8, 2005
- **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=1108000


## Contact

- **Address:** OPEN CLASP THEATRE COMPANY, THE STEPHENSON BUILDING, 173 ELSWICK ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE4 6SQ
- **Phone:** 01912724063
- **Email:** info@openclasp.org.uk
- **Website:** www.openclasp.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY BY ENCOURAGING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC, AND TO OFFER OTHER ARTS EXPERIENCES WHICH ASSIST IN DEVELOPING SELF AND SOCIAL AWARENESS, SELF CONFIDENCE AND EMPOWERMENT, IN PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN (INCLUDING YOUNG WOMEN BETWEEN 12 AND 18 YEARS OF AGE) WHO LIVE IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOCIAL INCLUSION, TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS THAT DENY COMMUNITIES ACCESS TO, AND PARTICIPATION IN, THE "LIVE ARTS"..

**Activities:** We run issue based drama workshops with women and girls groups, using drama as a tool to empower, increasing participants self-esteem and confidence. We also create touring theatre informing wider debate of the issues covered.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £396357 | £366300 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £396802 | £473031 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £375201 | £362478 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £385414 | £324116 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £242046 | £227095 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Jacqueline Kell** (Chair) — appointed April 25, 2022
- Charlotte Bennett — appointed Oct. 11, 2022
- Diane Gates — appointed Oct. 23, 2025
- Dr Kate Sweeney — appointed May 21, 2025
- Hayley Calvert — appointed April 29, 2022
- Holly Gallagher — appointed Oct. 23, 2025
- Joanne Clough — appointed Oct. 23, 2025
- Lara Jonah — appointed Sept. 17, 2020
- Leanne Sutherland — appointed Feb. 2, 2023
- Mary Brooks — appointed Oct. 23, 2025