# TAKING FLIGHT THEATRE COMPANY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1131762
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 23, 2009
- **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=1131762


## Contact

- **Address:** Chapter Arts Centre, Market Rd, Cardiff
- **Postcode:** CF5 1QE
- **Phone:** 02920230020
- **Email:** elise@takingflighttheatre.co.uk
- **Website:** www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF DRAMA AND THE ARTS, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES BY RUNNING WORKSHOPS, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, RESIDENTIAL OR OTHERWISE WHICH MAY INCLUDE DRAMA, FILM, SCRIPTWRITING, MUSIC, DANCE, PUPPETRY, MASK, PHYSICAL THEATRE AND DEVISING ACTIVITIES.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES TO THE PERFORMING ARTS

**Activities:** We make theatre productions with embedded access at start of the artistic process, employing teams of professional Deaf, disabled & non disabled creatives. We run workshops & training to upskill emerging disabled & non disabled creatives. We explore new methods- human and technological- of pushing the boundaries of creative access, and we share our learning through symposia & events.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £647532 | £481830 | £403306 | 5 |
| March 31, 2024 | £317349 | £361211 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £467193 | £474028 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £465191 | £273413 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £229040 | £152674 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Aisling Lammond — appointed March 10, 2026
- Alan Chappell-Williams — appointed March 13, 2023
- Andrew Tinley — appointed July 8, 2020
- Benjamin Owen- Jones — appointed July 8, 2020
- Dr Marta Minier — appointed July 8, 2020
- Elizabeth Sarah Price — appointed May 13, 2025
- Lisa De Benedictis — appointed March 13, 2023
- Omoregie David Omoruyi — appointed March 10, 2026
- Simon Whittam — appointed Dec. 12, 2023