DEAFINITELY THEATRE

Registered charity 1111526 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Deafinitely Theatre's legal aim is to "advance education for the public benefit by the promotion of the arts, in particular but not exclusively the art of drama".

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brent, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £29,631 for the year, with general unrestricted reserves of £124,767. The trustees report that these reserves are at the top end of their stated policy target range of £65,000 to £130,000. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence with no material uncertainties.

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
• Paying staff
• 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

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05371228 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• KENNEDY, Jonathan Fergus — director, appointed 09/06/2026on trustee list
• BEDI, Anne Marie Clare — director, appointed 09/06/2026on trustee list
• QAZI, Mariam Mazher — director, appointed 18/03/2025on trustee list
• BENTUM, Abena Amoaba — director, appointed 18/03/2025on trustee list
• YANG, Junhui — director, appointed 05/10/2022on trustee list
• STEPHENS, Louise — director, appointed 07/09/2020on trustee list
• HOPKINSON, Mark — director, appointed 12/12/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Louise Stephenschair
• Abena Amoaba Bentum
• Alison Jayne Hartley
• Anne Marie Clare Bedi
• Dr Junhui Yang
• Jonathan Fergus Kennedy
• Lucy Kathryn Warnes
• Mariam Mazher Qazi
• Mark Hopkinson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNFOLDING THEATRE.

• UNFOLDING THEATRE income £221k
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• PAPATANGO THEATRE COMPANY LTD income £334k
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• THEATRE DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £434k

Side by side with its peers

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