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Registered charity 1120667 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLUE HUG THEATRE COMPANY, FANSHEN

The objects for which the Charity is established are To advance education for the public benefit by the promotion of the arts, in particular but not exclusively by:Creating experimental and playful theatre, art and performances;developing new modes of communicating with audiences through a range of media; andcreating participatory training and education experiences

Objects

To advance education for the public benefit by the promotion of the arts, in particular but not exclusively by:• Creating experimental and playful theatre, art and performances;• Developing new modes of communicating with audiences through a range of media; and• Creating participatory training and education experiences through performance and the arts.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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 total income was £128,542 against total expenditure of £98,861, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £78,086 in cash and £50,117 in investments, which exceeds its stated minimum reserves policy of £25,000. The trustees confirm the organization is a going concern 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hilary O'Shaughnessy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Irini Papadimitriou
• Nikkan Victoria Woodhouse · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Heenan
• Timothy Charles Powell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Government & lottery funding

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