GRAVESEND AND DISTRICT THEATRE GUILD

Registered charity 1112523 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as G&DTG, THEATRE GUILD

The production and performance of plays, musicals and choral works

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE GUILD ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION IN SUCH ARTS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY;(A) PROVIDING FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PERSONS TO BE EDUCATED IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS.(B) THE PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF DRAMA AND MUSICAL PLAYS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. GRAVESHAM

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 the charity achieved a surplus of £14,451 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £37,845. The trustees consider the level of funds held to be adequate to finance the assets and general operations of the Company. The charity is entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006.

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.

• 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
• Investment
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05407741

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gravesend & District Theatre Guild (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• AMES, David Michael — director, appointed 16/08/2017on trustee list
• SMITH, Michael Edward — director, appointed 16/08/2017on trustee list
• SMITH, Michael Edward — secretary, appointed 16/08/2017

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Michael Ameschair
• Kevin Heasman
• Michael Edward Smith · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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