PUPPET PLACE TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1048591 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PUPPET PLACE

resource and development agency for puppetry in the South West

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING THE ART OF PUPPETRY IN ALL ITS FORMS

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE BRISTOL AND SW REGION

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £6,497 for the year ended 31 March 2025, improving from a loss in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £15,272, which exceeds the stated policy target of £14,000 (representing three months of anticipated operating costs). However, the trustees highlight an ongoing operational risk regarding lease negotiations for their premises, describing the current tenancy situation as precarious.

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
• 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
• Volunteer management

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Webb
• Cariad Ann Astles
• Chris Mark Pirie
• Dr Noreen Masud
• Ian Royce Wilkinson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Isabella Whately
• Joanne Kelly
• Laura Louise Burr
• Rhys Williamson

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Cornwall · Devon · Dorset · Gloucestershire · North Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED.

• PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £153k
• YOUNG PEOPLE'S PUPPET THEATRE income £145k
• THE ST PAUL'S ARTS TRUST income £120k
• ART OF THE PUPPET LIMITED income £207k
• WOODTHORPE DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £307k
• PINCHES TRUST income £639k

Side by side with its peers

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