THE PLAYGROUND THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1085435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FUSION THEATRE COMPANY, THE PLAYGROUND PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO, THE PLAYGROUND STUDIO

The Playground Studio provides the conditions that are essential to the creative theatre making process by providing space, inviting leading artists/teachers to run workshops on specialised subjects and by encouraging individuals within the group to lead workshops on their own personal specialties.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR 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: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Harrow, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a surplus of £18,497 for the year ended 31st March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £34,540. The trustees acknowledge that the organisation is run on a not-for-profit basis and aims to maintain reserves to establish a sustainable entity. Per the independent examiner's report, no matters were identified that would prevent the accounts from presenting a true and fair view.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 03/02/2022, 3 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03534123

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.

• BAILEY, Andrew James — director, appointed 02/01/2026on trustee list
• FINCH, Anni Margaret — director, appointed 02/01/2026not on trustee list
• TATE, Naomi — director, appointed 03/03/2000not on trustee list
• TATE, Naomi Sorkin — secretary, appointed 01/03/2003

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Baileychair
• Anni Domingo · trustee of 4 other charities
• MRS NAOMI SORKIN

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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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PLAY HOUSE (B'HAM) LTD.

• THE PLAY HOUSE (B'HAM) LTD income £167k
• STUDIO THEATRE income £67k
• PRESTON LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £102k
• THE PLEASANCE THEATRE TRUST income £5.5m
• THE PLAYHOUSE THEATRE CHELTENHAM income £895k
• NORRISTHORPE PLAYGROUP income £178k

Side by side with its peers

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