BURNLEY YOUTH THEATRE

Registered charity 1054763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5000025 · Wikipedia · also known as BYT

We deliver a range of drama and arts activities for children and young people aged 0 to 25 years old both in our purpose built venue Burnley Arts Centre and also in the community and schools of Burnley and East Lancashire.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN LIVING IN LANCASHIRE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF ACTIVITY, TRAINING AND EDUCATION AS A MEANS OF:A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN, IMPROVING THEIR HEALTH AND OVERALL WELL-BEING BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ALL ASPECTS OF ARTS AND CULTURE.C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF BURNLEY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Burnley, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £134,061, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 12 weeks of turnover. The charity reported a net income of £19,999 for the year, with total funds increasing to £1,388,101 at the year end.

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
• Internal risk management 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03178207

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Burnley Youth Theatre (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• DAVIES, Gareth Michael — director, appointed 17/03/2025on trustee list
• MIRZA, Mukhtar Ahmed — director, appointed 26/11/2024on trustee list
• SHAW, Joseph — director, appointed 21/09/2021on trustee list
• DIXON, Lisa Marie — director, appointed 14/12/2019on trustee list
• ANWAR, Afrasiab — director, appointed 30/10/2018on trustee list
• LIVERMORE, Rachel Jane — director, appointed 19/05/2016on trustee list
• MARTIN, Sara Elizabeth — director, appointed 13/03/2013on trustee list
• ALLEN, Kelly — director, appointed 13/03/2013on trustee list
• KENYON, Peter John — director, appointed 29/07/2001on trustee list
• COOK, Stephen Leslie — director, appointed 26/03/1996on trustee list
• ALLEN, David Hugh Richard — secretary, appointed 10/04/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Afrasiab Anwar · trustee of 3 other charities
• Anthony Preston
• Gareth Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joseph Shaw
• KELLY ALLEN
• Lisa Dixon
• Mukhtar Ahmed Mirza
• Peter Kenyon · trustee of 2 other charities
• RACHEL JANE LIVERMORE
• SARA MARTIN
• STEPHEN LESLIE COOK
• Vicky Holliday

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

Operates in: Lancashire

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 CENTRESTAGE PRODUCTIONS YOUTH THEATRE.

• CENTRESTAGE PRODUCTIONS YOUTH THEATRE income £131k
• C.A.T.S. YOUTH THEATRE income £90k
• THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN income £4.0m
• LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE LTD income £397k
• CRASH BANG WALLOP YOUTH THEATRE income £129k
• THE BARN THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £243k

Side by side with its peers

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