THE ANVIL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1034961 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ANVIL TRUST LIMITED, THE ANVIL

To run The Anvil (concert hall) ,The Haymarket (theatre) and The Forge (studio) to provide cultural live performance events for Basingstoke, Hampshire and surrounding areas as well as a year-round programme of participatory and educational work for all communities.

Objects

1) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A PUBLIC HALL. 2) TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MUSIC AND THE OTHER ARTS. 3) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PERSONS LIVING, WORKING OR STUDYING IN OR NEAR BASINGSTOKE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE BASINGSTOKE AND SURROUNDING AREA

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £1,939,007 to £1,870,884, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting a minimum fund level to cover contingency operating issues for up to four months, and current unrestricted reserves exceed this threshold.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Breckman & Company Ltd. Discloses 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02720007

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• basingstoke and deane council — “Site supporters basingstoke and deane council” (source page)

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.

• STONES, Kate Elizabeth — director, appointed 10/10/2025on trustee list
• MURRAY, Claire — director, appointed 10/10/2025on trustee list
• FROME, Andrew Paul — director, appointed 10/10/2025on trustee list
• CUBITT, Onnalee Virginia, Cllr — director, appointed 05/07/2024on trustee list
• HARGREAVES, Alvin — director, appointed 19/04/2024on trustee list
• WHITFIELD, Jonathan — director, appointed 12/07/2021not on trustee list
• HURRY, Gary Stephen — director, appointed 12/07/2021on trustee list
• CATLEY, Sara Michelle — director, appointed 24/10/2017on trustee list
• CLEAVER, Matthew James — secretary, appointed 15/10/2020

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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 ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sara Michelle Catleychair
• Alvin Hargreaves
• Andrew Frome
• CLLR ONNALEE CUBITT
• Claire Murray
• Gary Hurry
• Jonathan Whitfield QC
• Kate Stones

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · Surrey · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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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 BASINGSTOKE VOLUNTARY ACTION.

• BASINGSTOKE VOLUNTARY ACTION income £555k
• THE HAVERING THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £4.7m
• BASINGSTOKE WEST DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £104k
• BASINGSTOKE GYMNASTICS CLUB income £1.6m
• THE OLD MARKET CHARITABLE TRUST income £558k
• WAKEFIELD THEATRE TRUST income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

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