DARK HORSE THEATRE

Registered charity 1082267 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FULL BODY AND THE VOICE LIMITED

Dark Horse works and campaigns to improve the lives of individuals with learning disabilities via a range of projects using performance arts. As well as national touring of high quality productions to theatres throughout the UK , the company trains actors and delivers client specific workshops and commissioned performances. There is also a vibrant Young Company.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN MUSIC, DRAMA THEATRE AND THE PERFORMING ARTS.B) THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED OR THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL OR ECOMONIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND UNABLE TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT.C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDING ART EXHIBITIONS PERFORMANCES OR DRAMA, MUSIC, OPERA AND BALLET, FILM SHOWS AND POETRY READINGS

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: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £23,708 for the year, reducing total funds from £89,937 to £66,229. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £36,495 remain in line with their stated reserves policy, despite noting increased difficulty in securing funding from trusts and foundations.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04015695

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.

• EDEN, Claire — director, appointed 29/10/2025on trustee list
• NDLOVU, Linda-Ray — director, appointed 29/10/2025on trustee list
• NORTON-LAMB, Chloe Elizabeth — director, appointed 29/10/2025on trustee list
• BLOOMFIELD, Iain Michael — secretary, appointed 12/06/2023

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• David Anthony Calvertchair
• Chloe Elizabeth Norton-Lamb
• Claire Eden Ms
• Diane Rosemary Cuthbertson
• Linda-Ray Ndlovu
• Renny Krupinski
• Suzanne Wynne

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 THEHORSECOURSE.

• THEHORSECOURSE income £19k
• THE HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT)LIMITED income £681k
• HORSEWORLD TRUST income £1.2m
• THE HORSE TRUST income £2.3m
• ROCKINGHORSE CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £1.3m
• HORSE RESCUE FUND income £102k

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