SCARABEUS THEATRE

Registered charity 1063689 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ORGANISING AND DELIVERING WORK SHOPS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES FROM DEPRIVED BACKGROUNDS, WHO WOULD NORMALLY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH ACTIVITIES.PRODUCING AND TOURING PUBLIC SITE SPECIFIC AERIAL PERFORMANCES MOSTLY PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD NOT NORMALLY ATTEND ARTS ACTIVITIES.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA, DANCE, AND MIME.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £113,872 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to the timing of grant funding where expenditure exceeded recognized income. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains free unrestricted reserves of £36,896, which the trustees confirm are sufficient to secure the charity's immediate future for the next 12 to 15 months. The financial position is further supported by net current assets of £79,409 and no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03319939

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Scarabeus Aerial 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.

• BOOTH, Michelle — director, appointed 04/02/2025on trustee list
• LAWRENCE, Mandy Lorraine — director, appointed 11/05/2023on trustee list
• MULLINS, Deborah Sharon — director, appointed 30/01/2020on trustee list
• FITZELLE, Julia Anne — director, appointed 24/05/2019on trustee list
• HINDE, John Simon — director, appointed 23/05/2018on trustee list
• TORSELLO, Donatella — director, appointed 23/02/2017on trustee list
• NIELSEN, Soren — secretary, appointed 18/02/1997

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julia Fitzellechair
• Deborah Sharon Mullins
• Donatella Torsello
• John Simon Hinde
• Mandy Lorraine Lawrence
• Michelle Booth

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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