# TYNE THEATRE AND OPERA HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1120746
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 3, 2007
- **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=1120746


## Contact

- **Address:** Tyne Theatre and Opera House, 117 Westgate Road, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE1 4AG
- **Phone:** 0191 243 1171
- **Email:** MICHAEL.WILMOT@TYNETHEATREANDOPERAHOUSE.UK
- **Website:** http://tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** 1 TO ACQUIRE, RESTORE AND PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE THE GRADE ONE LISTED BUILDING KNOWN AS THE TYNE THEATRE AND OPERA HOUSE;2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE DRAMATIC ARTS BY THE PRESENTATION AND PRODUCTION OF PLAYS AND OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF DRAMA INCLUDING THE COMMISSIONING OF NEW WORKS AND THE MOUNTING OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND THE MOUNTING OF CLASSES, EXHIBITIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS OF DRAMATIC ARTS AND THEATRE TECHNOLOGY;3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THEATRE TECHNOLOGY BY THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND EXHIBITION OF MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THE INTERPRETATION OF SUCH ARTEFACTS AND THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT;4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE ARTS INCLUDING MUSIC AND MUSIC THEATRE, DRAMA, DECORATIVE AND VISUAL ARTS, DANCE, BALLET, CIRCUS, MUSIC HALL AND COMEDY VARIETY PERFORMANCE.

**Activities:** To acquire, restore and preserve for the benefit of the public at large the Grade One Listed Building known as The Tyne Theatre and Opera House.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Newcastle Upon Tyne City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2699394 | £2408840 | £1653796 | 122 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1723519 | £1691125 | £1360639 | 115 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1531558 | £1237874 | £1344351 | 89 |
| March 31, 2022 | £912419 | £762315 | £1051634 | 75 |
| March 31, 2021 | £65210 | £156674 | — | — |



## Trustees

- BARRY NEIL SPEKER OBE DL
- Chloe Maria Squires — appointed March 26, 2024
- Dr Kathleen Fadden — appointed March 26, 2024
- Ian Gordon Kelsall — appointed Oct. 3, 2024
- James Lloyd — appointed Jan. 22, 2015
- John Richardson — appointed March 14, 2017
- MICHAEL JOHN WILMOT — appointed Feb. 20, 2015
- Philip Bernays — appointed March 6, 2026
- Rajinder Singh JP — appointed March 26, 2024
- Rebecca Jay Graham — appointed March 26, 2024
- Rosalind Dougal — appointed March 14, 2017
- Sonia Maria Hernandez Laffey — appointed July 13, 2023