# THE OPEN THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 291344
- **Other names:** OPEN THEATRE COMPANY, THE SHYSTERS, THE SHYSTERSHADOWS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 12, 1985
- **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=291344


## Contact

- **Address:** Open Theatre, Daimler Powerhouse, 4 Sandy Lane, COVENTRY
- **Phone:** 07802770257
- **Email:** richard@opentheatre.co.uk
- **Website:** www.opentheatre.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

**Activities:** The charity's aims are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education particularly through the production of plays and the encouragement of the arts.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Australia
- India
- Netherlands
- Papua New Guinea
- Spain
- Birmingham City
- Bury
- Coventry City
- Cumbria
- Sandwell
- Solihull
- Wolverhampton
- Worcestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £903294 | £884268 | £308683 | 20 |
| March 31, 2024 | £983874 | £766659 | £289657 | 20 |
| March 31, 2023 | £789640 | £683463 | £72442 | 20 |
| March 31, 2022 | £628839 | £737108 | £8061 | 21 |
| March 31, 2021 | £464696 | £406972 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Aaliyah Ahmad Gohir — appointed Jan. 18, 2024
- Charlotte Stubbs — appointed Feb. 17, 2022
- Hugh Blackwood — appointed Sept. 22, 2018
- Jacobi Aikman — appointed Oct. 17, 2024
- Kerry Joanne Reidy — appointed Oct. 17, 2024
- Luke Greenwood — appointed Jan. 30, 2023
- Madeleine Levy — appointed Jan. 18, 2024
- Raidene Carter — appointed Jan. 18, 2024
- Victoria Kinsella-Hadjinestoros — appointed Oct. 17, 2024