THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUST

Registered charity 1012369 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Chickenshed is established for the advancement of education in the fields of the arts, principally for the benefit of young persons including all who may require help with mobility, communication, behaviour or self-help skills or with social development with a view to educating them in such fields, integrate them into the community and assist them in their development as members of society.

Objects

(1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF FINE ARTS, HISTORY OF ART, ARCHITECTURE, DRAMA, OPERA, BALLET, MUSIC AND ANY OTHER PURELY CULTURAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED IT SHALL BE CHARITABLE PRINCIPALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PERSONS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THOSE WHO REQUIRE HELP WITH MOBILITY, COMMUNICATION, BEHAVIOUR OR SELF HELP SKILLS OR WITH SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH A VIEW TO EDUCATING THEM IN SUCH FIELDS, INTEGRATING THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ASSISTING THEM IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS FULL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. (2)THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TRUST MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Enfield, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £280,120 for the year, with total income rising 19% to £4.53m. Free reserves increased to £2.48m, which the trustees confirm is within their stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of operational expenditure. The auditor confirmed that resources are sufficient to meet liabilities for at least 12 months, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Alliotts LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (70% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/06/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY DAVID GIBBONchair
• Aref Hisham Lahham
• Ashley Muldoon
• Brendan Kerr
• Chris de Pury
• JONATHAN SIGMUND SHALIT
• James Robert Lock
• Kathleen Margaret Hall
• LADY JANE ANTONIA FRANCES RAYNE LACEY
• Marcus Ward
• Murray Leonard Orr
• Nicholas Luke Millican
• PETE CONSTANTI
• Richard Croft
• Simon Allford
• THE HON NATASHA RAYNE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Theodor Sergiou

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Enfield · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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