BIG DIFFERENCE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1135167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, maintain, improve and advance education by encouragement of the arts.To promote good health and well-being through the arts.The advancement of the arts and culture for charitable purposes including through comedy and comedy performance.

Objects

3.1. TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS;3.2. TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING THROUGH THE ARTS;3.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING THROUGH COMEDY AND COMEDY PERFORMANCE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds are in deficit by £70,846, resulting in total net liabilities of £69,749. The trustees report that the reserves policy of maintaining three months of expenditure has not been met, although they maintain a reasonable expectation of continuing as a going concern due to adequate funding sources.

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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Big Difference Company (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Traill · trustee of 1 other charity
• DR MAX SCHURER · trustee of 3 other charities
• Emma Mary Anderson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Laura Hailstone
• Ravi Kotecha
• Robbie Kerr

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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