SHERINGHAM LITTLE THEATRE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1090394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of facilities for local and national performing arts organisations. Running workshops on the arts and theatre production for youth groups in the county. Programming professional show for children.Working with other partners to promote the arts to young people in Norfolk.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE IN NORTH NORFOLK PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS.

Area of benefit: NORTH NORFOLK

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 free reserves of £379,252 exceed the stated policy target of £225,000, which is designed to cover six months of costs. However, the interim budget for the new financial year shows a £20,000 deficit, leading the Trustees to note that reserves may need to be drawn upon if further significant donations are not secured.

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
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sanders — “We would also like to issue a huge thank you to our wonderful summer sponsors, Sanders and Christie Gallery , Creativity Sheringham , Stuart…” (source page)
• Christie Gallery — “We would also like to issue a huge thank you to our wonderful summer sponsors, Sanders and Christie Gallery , Creativity Sheringham , Stuart…” (source page)
• Creativity Sheringham — “We would also like to issue a huge thank you to our wonderful summer sponsors, Sanders and Christie Gallery , Creativity Sheringham , Stuart…” (source page)
• Stuart Smith Design Services — “We would also like to issue a huge thank you to our wonderful summer sponsors, Sanders and Christie Gallery , Creativity Sheringham , Stuart…” (source page)
• Stubby’s Pizza — “We would also like to issue a huge thank you to our wonderful summer sponsors, Sanders and Christie Gallery , Creativity Sheringham , Stuart…” (source page)

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (46% 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: 17.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Anthony Ward
• JONATHAN BEAK
• Madeleine Barbara Ashcroft · trustee of 3 other charities
• RICHARD JOHN BATSON
• Simon Moorhead

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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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 MIDDLESBROUGH LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED.

• MIDDLESBROUGH LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED income £265k
• LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE LTD income £397k
• STAG COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE income £1.4m
• CUMBRIA THEATRE TRUST income £4.0m
• BUNGAY ARTS AND THEATRE SOCIETY income £347k
• LITTLE THEATRE (GATESHEAD) LIMITED income £133k

Side by side with its peers

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