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GLADRAGS COMMUNITY COSTUME TRUST

Registered charity 1122704 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides affordable costume hire, educational resource boxes and practical assistance to: schools/ colleges, community/ youth groups, charities/ not for profit organisations, amateur/ fringe arts. Delivers a Community Outreach Programme of educational sewing-based workshops; interactive storytelling / reminiscence/ dressing-up activities. Promotes costume re-use, by re-styling or rehoming.

Objects

3.1) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN HISTORICAL AND WORLD DRESS BY PROVIDING LOW COST COSTUMES AND RELATED RESOURCES AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL.3.2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING VARIOUS COSTUMES AND RELATED RESOURCES AT LOW COST AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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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Latest income
£85k
Latest spending
£110k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £85,036, with hire revenue contributing £53,116. The trustees report that reserves dipped during the year, prompting the development of a new revenue strategy, although they maintain a stated minimum unrestricted reserves target of £8,000 to guarantee organisational viability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Hire revenue (63% of income)
“Collectively, hire revenue raised £53,116, representing nearly two-thirds of our total annual income of £85,036.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £18,000 as a minimum to ensure optimal operational continuity. £8,000 as the bare minimum unrestricted reserves to guarantee organisational viability at any given time.
“Reserves are reviewed quarterly, with target minimums set at: £18,000 as a minimum to ensure optimal operational continuity. £8,000 as the bare minimum unrestricted reserves to guarantee organisational viability at any given time.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£85k£110k
31/03/2024£101k£105k
31/03/2023£91k£88k
31/03/2022£64k£75k
31/03/2021£95k£56k

Common questions

Is GLADRAGS COMMUNITY COSTUME TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £85,036, with hire revenue contributing £53,116. The trustees report that reserves dipped during the year, prompting the development of a new revenue strategy, although they maintain a stated minimum unrestricted reserves target of £8,000 to guarantee organisational viability.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2011£10kGladrags Workshops