HENFIELD THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1106295 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HTC was formed in 1999 with the merger of The Henfield Players and Henfield Choral Society. It presents at least four major productions a year - plays, musicals, pantomimes. Other activities include workshops, playreadings, fundraising and social events. It has a thriving youth section.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS, AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS.

Area of benefit: HENFIELD, EAST AND WEST SUSSEX

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 profit of £10,146.85 from its productions for the year ended 30 June 2025. The trustees report that the company does not hold any assets, take on loans, or act as a custodian trustee. Income is derived from ticket sales, subscriptions, and donations, with expenditure strictly limited to staging costs.

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 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.

• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Trevor Martin Hodgsonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alice Kathleen Malyon
• David Allan Smith
• Nicholas Peter Cryer
• Paul Edwin Crowe
• Sarah Jenner-Jones
• Suzanna Moira Newbold

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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