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.

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: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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 31/03/2022 (received 06/02/2023, 6 days after the 31/01/2023 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 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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Side by side with its peers

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