FIREBIRD THEATRE

Registered charity 1115658 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Firebird Theatre is a company of disabled performers. Its main activities include:making and performing exciting and innovative theatre; touring; devising and delivering workshops/presentations/ performances to young disabled and non-disabled people, teachers and professionals; showing its work to as many people as possible;supporting other disabled people to be involved in theatre.

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 BY GI. IN PRACTICE, BRISTOL.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £10,597, which is above the trustees' stated prudent target of £5,000–£10,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity had no employees during the year, relying entirely on self-employed freelance contractors for creative and administrative labour.

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 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Bristol Old Vic — “The company is supported by Bristol Old Vic.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Melanie Scaffoldchair
• Daniel Bryan
• Dr Antigoni Messaritaki
• JOANNA PENELOPE CUTHBERT
• Sabrina Sallis
• Tina Kelly

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).