BLACKBIRD RED ROSE PRODUCTIONS

Registered charity 1068789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MARK BRUCE COMPANY

To create, perform and educate in an original style of dance theatre that engages and communicates with a wide audience - rooted in a crafted and original choreographic language and incorporating other art forms and practices including music, design, theatre, film and new media.

Objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE DRAMATIC AND VISUAL ARTS, PARTICULARLY BY:(1) THE PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF DANCE, BALLET AND SIMILAR CHOREOGRAPHIC ARTS; (11) THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS OF DANCE, CHOREOGRAPHY, MUSIC, DRAMA, MIME, SINGING, LITERATURE, PAINTING AND FILM AND VIDEO THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF WORKSHOPS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND (111) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MULTI-CULTURAL THEATRE COMPANY.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £20,892 for the year, attributing this to the biennial cycle of its activities. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £51,942 exceed the stated policy target of £48,500, and the charity is dependent on continued grant funding from bodies such as Arts Council England to maintain going concern status.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Hubert Fogg
• Iain Harvey
• Jack Ram Chatterton
• Jeremy Newton
• Nicole Guarino
• PAULA HAMMOND

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DOREEN BIRD FOUNDATION.

• THE DOREEN BIRD FOUNDATION income £6.3m
• ROSES THEATRE TRUST income £1.9m
• THE BLACK-E income £287k
• BALLETBOYZ LTD income £604k
• BRITISH BALLET ORGANIZATION LIMITED income £1.1m
• PIONEER THEATRES LIMITED income £4.3m

Side by side with its peers

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