COTTON SHED THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1123037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COTTON SHED · filing overdue (register status)

Runs inclusive theatre workshops and produces inclusive performances for all. Anyone of any age with or without additional needs can become a member and take part.

Objects

The Charity’s objects (“the objects”) are:(1) The advancement of education more particularly in the field of music, theatre, drama and dance, for the benefit of all age groups including (but not limited to) those who do or may require help with mobility, communication, behaviour, self-help skills or with social development primarily in the North West of England(2) Promoting social inclusion by providing and managing services for the benefit of people at risk of social exclusion from society as a result of age, disability (whether physical or mental), chronic illness including (without limitation) learning disabilities or autism spectrum disorder primarily in the North West of England.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LANCASHIRE

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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Registered contact address: Rossendale, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is currently without multi-year funding in place, having seen the end of long-running 'Reaching Communities' funding. Despite this, the charity continued to deliver workshops during 2024 with support from specific trusts, local councils, and membership. The trustees report a strategic desire to focus activity back to a core of theatre workshops and performances.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Keith Lofthousechair
• Amanda Jayne Robinson
• Anna Rebecca Pryce
• Glyn Ellis
• Sue Wood
• Victoria Claire Foulds

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HACKNEY SHED (CIO).

• HACKNEY SHED (CIO) income £175k
• ANGEL SHED THEATRE COMPANY income £197k
• THE THEATRE SHED LIMITED income £208k
• HARINGEY SHED LIMITED income £343k
• CONEY LTD income £238k

Side by side with its peers

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