MIDLAND ACTORS THEATRE

Registered charity 1091498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAT

Theatre touring and educational work in schools

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: NATIONAL

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the British Council, Arts Council England, and Baron Davenport’s Trust during the 2024-5 financial year. The trustees report a successful year with raised national and international profiles, concluding a three-year project and beginning a new two-year project funded by NLHF.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council England — “The Fountain of Light and Descent have been funded by grants from Arts Council England and the Sir Barry Jackson Trust” (source page)
• Sir Barry Jackson Trust — “The Fountain of Light and Descent have been funded by grants from Arts Council England and the Sir Barry Jackson Trust” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOANNE THACKWRAYchair
• George Pearce
• Gillian Adamson
• IONA TOWLER-EVANS
• JON TREVOR
• Maretha Wallace
• Yi Ann Kok
• ZAKIR HAMZA

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Sandwell · Solihull · Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).