SUDDEN PRODUCTIONS

Registered charity 1018887 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEEP IMPACT THEATRE COMPANY, YOUTH THEATRE IN ARTS

Community work, stage plays, short films and other educational projects with young people.

Objects

A.PROMOTE,IMPROVE DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DRAMA IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION IN PUBLIC OF PLAYS AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE SOCIETY THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.B.TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

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: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£154k

Latest spending

£133k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income rose to £153,950 for the year ended April 2025, up from £130,653 in the previous year, resulting in a positive financial result. The charity employs 17 staff members and utilizes unrestricted funds to plan for three months of core running costs. The trustees confirm that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate risk to the charity's continued operation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £33,973 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“The project director in charge of coordinating all aspects of all projects and running the company was paid £33,973 for the year.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months core and running costs

“Unrestricted funds are used to plan for three months core and running costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025

Volunteers: 15
Government income: £56,535 — grants £56,535 (3); 37% of the £153,950 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

Volunteers: 15
Government income: £26,140 — grants £26,140 (2); 20% of the £130,653 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

Volunteers: 12
Government income: £12,000 — grants £12,000 (2); 11% of the £113,865 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

NEIL HALLETTchair
CHRISTINE BRUETON
STEPHEN BRADBURY

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Walsall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£154k	£133k
30/04/2024	£131k	£150k
30/04/2023	£114k	£91k
30/04/2022	£49k	£52k
30/04/2021	£34k	£33k

Common questions

Is SUDDEN PRODUCTIONS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income rose to £153,950 for the year ended April 2025, up from £130,653 in the previous year, resulting in a positive financial result. The charity employs 17 staff members and utilizes unrestricted funds to plan for three months of core running costs. The trustees confirm that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate risk to the charity's continued operation.

What does the highest-paid employee of SUDDEN PRODUCTIONS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £33,973 band.

Who funds SUDDEN PRODUCTIONS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUDDEN PRODUCTIONS as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SHELDON TRUST, THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATION, THE NORTON FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£12k	Arts and Culture
THE SHELDON TRUST	FY2023	£9k	Community Projects
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
THE SHELDON TRUST	FY2024	£5k	Community Projects
THE NORTON FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k	Grants to institutions
LIVING WELL UK	FY2024	£5k	VCFSE
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£5k	Educational projects
LIVING WELL UK	FY2023	£5k	VCFSE
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2022	£4k	Youth
W F SOUTHALL TRUST	FY2024	£3k	Social Action
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
W F SOUTHALL TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Social Action
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Arts and Culture
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Arts and Culture
THE GRIMMITT TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE NORTON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k	Grants awarded to organisations
THE NORTON FOUNDATION	FY2022	£3k	Social activity
THE GRIMMITT TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Arts and Culture
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k
THE GRIMMITT TRUST	FY2022	£2k
EMERTON-CHRISTIE CHARITY	FY2022	£2k
MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUST	FY2026	£2k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2024	£2k	Arts and Culture
THE GRIMMITT TRUST	FY2021	£2k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2024	£2k
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE GRIMMITT TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Uses theatre to improve understanding and empathy among disadvantaged young people in the West Midlands.
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Arts and Culture
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£2k
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k	Set materials and costumes for this pop-up theatre company improving the lives of people with learning disabilities.
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Arts and Culture
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k	Arts and Culture
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£1k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Quarterly Grants for Institutions - Round Three - The Arts - BAME Communities
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2021	£1k	Arts and Culture
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Charitable activities
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Arts and Culture
THE TRUEMARK TRUST	FY2022	£1k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Arts and Culture
DUMBRECK CHARITY	FY2026	£500	Miscellaneous
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	amount not stated	Children / Young People

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/03/2023	£8k	My grand-parents; my parents and I

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BAND TRUST	1	£100k
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£94k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	1	£35k
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	1	£13k
WESTHILL ENDOWMENT	1	£12k
THE ROBERT GAVRON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
WAKEFIELD AND TETLEY TRUST	1	£5k
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BADINAGE.

BADINAGE income £47k
NEW CREATIONS income £183k
FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
THE I S A CHARITY income £52k
ARTS FOR ALL income £198k
CRITICAL SUPPORT income £592k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SUDDEN PRODUCTIONS	£154k	£33,973	unclear	—	no doubt
BADINAGE FY2025	£47k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW CREATIONS FY2025	£183k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE FY2025	£1.5m	—	unclear	1.0%	no doubt
THE I S A CHARITY FY2026	£52k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTS FOR ALL FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.