DONCASTER LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1123020 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Doncaster Little Theatre offers various forms of entertainment including, plays, shows and films for the local community. Each year one production is taken on tour to the more deprived areas of Doncaster. The Company also provides drama workshops for adult members, children, young people up to the age of eighteen and community groups and schools. Our aim is to promote all forms of theatre.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE THE ADVANCING IN DONCASTER AND DISTRICT OF EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING, AND PAGEANTS IN THEIR VARIOUS ASPECTS

Area of benefit: DONCASTER AND DISTRICT

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 the charity generated a net surplus of £22,793 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £62,455. The trustees report that current reserves are well in excess of their stated policy target of six months' anticipated annual direct running costs. The charity relies entirely on volunteers for its operations and has no employee wage costs.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• BARBARA UPTON
• CINDY BOUNDY
• Heather Angela Mears · trustee of 1 other charity
• KEITH MEARS
• MR D HODSON

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

Operates in: Doncaster

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