THE ASHTON GROUP THEATRE

Registered charity 1103877 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ASHTON GROUP, Theatre Factory

The organisations objects and principal activities are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education of the public in the art of drama and the other arts and to encourage the development of drama though drama productions and educational workshop programmes.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £59,438 for the year ended March 31, 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £133,441. The trustees note that while the target range for free reserves is unlikely to be reached for two or three years, the delay of the IF! Festival allowed reserves to build, with the first year of the festival now fully funded.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04941112

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.

• CRELLIN, Laura — director, appointed 05/08/2026on trustee list
• RICHARDS, Macy Anna — director, appointed 05/08/2026on trustee list
• PRESTON, Hayley Louise — director, appointed 25/08/2021on trustee list
• ROSE, Nicole Anne — secretary, appointed 15/06/2026
• ASHTON, Rachel Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 22/10/2003

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Vaughan Aldredchair
• Doreen Floyd
• Hayley Louise Preston
• Jacqueline Ann Drake · trustee of 5 other charities
• Laura Crellin
• Macy Richards

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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