SPID THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1097344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SPID Theatre (Social Progressive Interconnected Diverse) makes art that advocates housing justice, creating high quality community theatre on council estates. SPID challenges the stereotypes around estates and celebrates their history, championing investment in estates' access and safety - including spending £3.4m capital funding on refurbishing Kensal House Community Rooms, their home since 2005.

Objects

The charity?s objects are to advance education for the public benefit by the promotion of the arts through high quality community theatre on council estates, in particular but not exclusively art on the theme of social housing, and to advance citizenship or community development for the public benefit, in particular, but not exclusively, by challenging stereotypes, celebrating history and making community rooms available for the use of residents of the Kensal House residents, the local neighbourhood and wider community, without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including use for (a), lectures and classes and (b) other forms of recreation and leisure time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for social housing residents.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE GREATER LONDON

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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Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £3,915,137, with a reserves policy targeting 6-12 months of running costs. The charity reported a net income of £311,539 and held significant cash reserves, indicating strong liquidity and financial stability for the year ended 30 June 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. 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
• 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
• Investment
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SPID Theatre (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (80% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ashley Mpanzu
• Benedict Gilman
• Gemma Thompson
• Hilary Spencer
• Kristian Lalaj
• Maya Lilyana Nielsen
• Naomi Rose Wilhelmina Israel
• Rhys Frederick Anthony Williamson
• Russell Teimourian
• Sophia Ollivierre

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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