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.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA

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: Greenwich, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £93,607 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in positive unrestricted free reserves of £13,525. This financial position was significantly improved by the conversion of a £200,000 loan from the Royal Borough of Greenwich into a grant and donation. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

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 31/03/2024 (received 31/03/2025, 59 days after the 31/01/2025 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01029063

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.

• WILSON, Roger — director, appointed 26/01/2023on trustee list
• THACKERAY, Rosie Mary — director, appointed 28/07/2022on trustee list
• PELAYO FERNANDEZ, Lorena — director, appointed 22/07/2021not on trustee list
• SAGE, Tracey Ann — director, appointed 20/10/2020on trustee list
• FERRIS, Ruth Nicole — director, appointed 11/06/2020on trustee list
• NEWNS, Kerri — director, appointed 04/10/2012on trustee list

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)

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (50% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• KERRI NEWNS
• Lorena Pelayo Fernandez
• Roger Wilson
• Rosie Mary Thackeray
• Ruth Nicole Ferris
• Tracey Ann Sage

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

Operates in: Greenwich · Lewisham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRAM SHED THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED.

• TRAM SHED THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £146k
• LICHFIELD ARTS income £242k
• BROMSGROVE COMMUNITY ARTS income £409k
• BROMLEY ARTS TRUST income £179k
• WYLDWOOD ARTS income £148k
• DARTFORD ARTS CENTRE income £645k

Side by side with its peers

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