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.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF DRAMA AND THE OTHER ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR TO ENCOURAGE AND FOSTER THE STUDY, PERFORMANCE, KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMA THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF DRAM PRODUCTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP PROGRAMMES. ALSO TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SONG, AND MUSIC, AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR, PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 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.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 18/03/2024, 47 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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-Semple
• 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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• THE HARROGATE DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £39k
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Side by side with its peers

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