SCARBOROUGH THEATRE DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1019185 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Main activity - to promote, maintain, improve and advance education by supporting, through making grants, such of the purposes of Scarborough Theatre Trust Ltd, in such a manner as the trustees think fit.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY SUPPORTING SUCH OF THE PURPOSES OF THE SCARBOROUGH THEATRE TRUST LIMITED IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMPANY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE TRUST THINK FIT

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: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £448,466 for the year, resulting in total funds increasing to £1,122,235. However, liquid unrestricted reserves decreased significantly to £50,552, with the majority of assets (£838,982) held in restricted funds supporting fixed assets. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 05/03/2026, 28 days after the 05/02/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD STEPHEN LUMBYchair
• CLIVE NOEL GROOM
• Nicholas Taylor
• Philip Heselton
• SARAH LOUISE MCCARTHY

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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