# WINCHESTER DRAMATIC SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 285043
- **Other names:** CHESIL THEATRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 14, 1982
- **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=285043


## Contact

- **Address:** Chesil Theatre, Chesil Street, WINCHESTER
- **Postcode:** SO23 0HU
- **Phone:** 01962 867086
- **Email:** info@chesiltheatre.org.uk
- **Website:** www.chesiltheatre.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC, LITERATURE, POETRY.

**Activities:** Amateur dramatics society

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Hampshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £210215 | £55349 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £151676 | £60162 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £127532 | £46040 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £122256 | £36715 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £36807 | £20388 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Paul Riddell** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 24, 2025
- DAVID SMALL — appointed Aug. 23, 2011
- Joanne Tracy Ashwell — appointed Oct. 31, 2020
- MARTIN HUMPHREY — appointed Oct. 3, 2011
- Marcus David Whitfield — appointed Oct. 24, 2025
- PETER GLYN BATESON
- Peter Mervyn Liddiard — appointed Oct. 28, 2022
- Sarah Natalie Jacobs — appointed Oct. 28, 2022
- Stephanie Jane Danby — appointed Oct. 31, 2020
- Zoe Daphne Snow — appointed Oct. 25, 2024