FORCED ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED

Registered charity 1049574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity of the company is the advancement of education for the public benefit by the promotion of the arts, in particular but not exclusively the art of drama.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £16,650 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £724,213 against expenditure of £707,563. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £301,915, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' general expenditure (£211,250). The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, despite noting challenges with funding cuts and rising costs.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02170819

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.

• NORWOOD, Timothy — director, appointed 09/10/2023on trustee list
• PAYNE, Thomas Samuel, Dr — director, appointed 09/10/2023on trustee list
• KALSI, Reena — director, appointed 05/06/2023on trustee list
• MICKLEM, David Charles — director, appointed 05/06/2023on trustee list
• WHITTER, Lauren Nicole — director, appointed 01/09/2021on trustee list
• HIRST, Inga — director, appointed 06/09/2019on trustee list
• KOK, Daniel Joseph — director, appointed 25/02/2019on trustee list
• BABBAGE, Frances Helen, Dr — director, appointed 04/02/2009on trustee list
• EVANS, Eileen — secretary, appointed 16/07/2008

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% 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: 6.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Micklemchair
• DR FRANCES BABBAGE
• Daniel Joseph Kok
• Dr Thomas Samuel Payne
• Inga Hirst
• Lauren Nicole Whitter
• Reena Kalsi
• Timothy Norwood

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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