RECKLESS SLEEPERS

Registered charity 1054220 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q54909557

Theatre Company

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS PARTICULARLY 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: Blackburn with Darwen, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£78k
Latest spending
£94k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £16,860 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £40,198 to £23,338. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, although they identify the continuation of future funding streams as the principal risk. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £20,907 at the end of the financial year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £21k)
“The policy adopted to mitigate this risk is to work to build up sufficient reserves to cover a minimum of 3 months’ operating costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 8
“K Egan (Trustee) received a fee of £3,593 (2024: £1,398) and storage rental (garage) of £598 (2024: £548) during the year. R Piekarczyk (Trustee) received a fee of £1,922 (2024: £820) during the year. P. Wetherell (Artistic Director) received a fee of £22,056 (2024: £21,238), studio rental of £7,893 (2024: £9,115) and £1,008 travel and subsistence expenses during the year.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Government income: £37,723 — grants £37,723 (1); 49% of the £77,570 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £58,642 — grants £58,642 (2); 60% of the £96,950 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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 31/03/2021 (received 14/03/2022, 42 days after the 31/01/2022 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£78k£94k
31/03/2024£97k£109k
31/03/2023£51k£96k
31/03/2022£81k£98k
31/03/2021£79k£58k

Common questions

Is RECKLESS SLEEPERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £16,860 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £40,198 to £23,338. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, although they identify the continuation of future funding streams as the principal risk. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £20,907 at the end of the financial year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE RHYL LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RECKLESS SLEEPERS£78k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RHYL LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE TRUSTEES LIMITED FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
RHUBARB THEATRE COMPANY FY2026£102k—0above—no doubt
REGAL TENBURY TRUST LIMITED FY2025£558k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£7.3m——above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.