THEATRE FOR A CHANGE LIMITED

Registered charity 1104458 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q132471743

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE HEALTH AND EDUCATION OF MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES IN THE UK AND ABROAD BY THE USE OF PERFORMING ARTS.

Objects

1. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN AFRICA USING THE ARTS AS A MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC; AND 2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DECIDE.

Area of benefit: IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN AFRICA.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased operations on 31 March 2026 and the financial statements were not prepared on a going concern basis. Per the trustees' report, all restricted funds were expended and remaining unrestricted reserves were donated to the sister organisation in Malawi, resulting in zero net assets at year-end.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Operates in: Ghana · Malawi

Income and spending

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