CENTRE STAGE

Registered charity 1050353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARTS CENTRE STAGE, CENTRE STAGE CHILDREN'S THEATRE, CENTRE STAGE YOUTH THEATRE, ISSUE ONE THEATRE COMPANY, JAZZ ON FIRE, KEYSTONE THEATRE WORKSHOP · repeated filing default (register status)

Objects

(1) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THEATRE AND THE ARTS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE SO THAT THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE FOR WHOM THEY ARE INTENDED ARE IMPROVED. (2) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURE OF PEOPLES TOWNS AND CITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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Registered
1995

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

5 annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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Common questions

Who funds CENTRE STAGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CENTRE STAGE as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE LINBURY TRUST, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY, THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2025£20kArts, Culture and Heritage
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2024£19kA grant for energy efficiency work towards new heating controls.
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£12k
THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITYFY2022£5k
THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATIONFY2024£2kOFFBEAT Festival of new work
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k