GEOFFREY WHITWORTH THEATRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1099081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Company's principal activity during the year continued to be the management of the property consisting of the Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN , IMPROVE, AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, ARTISTIC TASTE IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DANCE, DRAMA, MUSIC AND SINGING AND WITHIN SUCH OBJECTS MAKE PARTICULAR PROVISION FOR EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 the charity generated a net incoming resource of £12,011 for the year ended 31 July 2025, an increase from the previous year's £1,409. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains uncommitted reserves in excess of £75,000, with total unrestricted funds (accumulated fund) standing at £423,302. The trustees confirm that systems are in place to manage risks and that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis.

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
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID ADAMS
• David Webster
• LESLEY ROBINS
• Lawrence Watling
• Liz Naisbitt
• RACHEL LINDSEY
• SUSAN HIGGINSON
• Vivien Goodwin

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

Operates in: Bexley · Kent

Income and spending

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