Tramshed Arts

Registered charity 1026883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREENWICH & LEWISHAM YOUNG PEOPLES THEATRE, THE GREENWICH YOUNG PEOPLES THEATRE LIMITED, TRAM SHED, TRAMSHED

Tramshed uses the arts to build community strength; increasing wellbeing to inspire & equip the next generation in life & creative careers. Tramshed is locally connected & welcoming, working with participants to make transformative programme through excellent quality artistic process & productions.

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Latest income
£657k
Latest spending
£563k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £93,607 for the year, resulting in positive unrestricted free reserves of £13,525 after excluding tangible fixed assets. The trustees report that these reserves are sufficient to cover redundancy costs of £13,925 if the organisation were to close. The financial position was significantly improved by the conversion of a £125,000 loan and £75,000 loan facility into grants by the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: costs of winding down the organisation and paying off all liabilities (held: £14k)
Trustees Reserve Policy has been to set a preferred level to match the costs of winding down the organisation and paying off all liabilities. — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One Trustee, Rosie Thackeray worked as a Director for the Young Company Project for which she received £2,085 during the year
One Trustee, Rosie Thackeray worked as a Director for the Young Company Project for which she received £2,085 during the year (2024: £640), no other Trustees’ remuneration, expenses reimbursements or other benefits for professional or other services were supplied to the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2025 — page 59
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Woolwich Tramshed (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£657k
Total spending
£563k
Cost of raising funds
£11k
Reserves (reported)
£17k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Greenwich · Lewisham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£657k£563k
31/03/2024£419k£569k
31/03/2023£472k£613k
31/03/2022£632k£586k
31/03/2021£527k£487k

Common questions

Is Tramshed Arts financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £93,607 for the year, resulting in positive unrestricted free reserves of £13,525 after excluding tangible fixed assets. The trustees report that these reserves are sufficient to cover redundancy costs of £13,925 if the organisation were to close. The financial position was significantly improved by the conversion of a £125,000 loan and £75,000 loan facility into grants by the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Tramshed Arts?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Tramshed Arts as a grant recipient include THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Greater London Authority21/06/2023£1kNumbi Arts
Greater London Authority21/06/2023£905Tramshed
Greater London Authority08/10/2018£138kYoung Londoners Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/07/2014£10k"The Business Of War"
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2006£5kGreenwich Refugee Week Festival

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRINITY COMMUNITY ARTS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Tramshed Arts£657k0aboveno doubt
TRINITY COMMUNITY ARTS FY2025£2.9m0unclearno doubt
THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUST FY2025£4.5m0withinno doubt
ARTSWORK LIMITED FY2025£1.9munclearno doubt
NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD FY2025£175k0unclearno doubt
THE ST PAUL'S ARTS TRUST FY2025£120k0belowno doubt

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