WORKINGTON PLAYGOERS CLUB

Registered charity 1138473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WORKINGTON PLAYGOERS CLUB LIMITED

Amateur theatre company

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £6,874 for the year, driven by increased expenditure on charitable activities despite a rise in unrestricted income. The trustees report that times are difficult due to falling audience numbers and high overheads, noting that theatre hiring is a financial lifeline. However, the charity maintains adequate unrestricted reserves of £172,157, which meets their policy target of six months' running 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Workington Playgoers Club (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Big Lottery Fund — “The Big Lottery Fund is responsible for distributing 40% of all the money raised for good causes by the National Lottery. In the 2014/20 15…” (source page)
• The Monument Trust — “The Monument Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family’s charitable trusts and takes a particular interest in funding projects concerned with soc…” (source page)
• The Hadfield Trust — “The Hadfield Trust , established in 1997, was endowed through the generosity of one family who had been resident in Cumbria for many years. …” (source page)
• The Francis C. Scott Charitable Trust — “The Francis C. Scott Charitable Trust awards over £1 million in grants every year to charities operating in Cumbria and North Lancashire. Th…” (source page)
• The Sir John Fisher Foundation — “The Sir John Fisher Foundation was established in 1980 by Sir John and Lady Maria Fisher. The Foundation’s objective is to distribute its in…” (source page)
• WREN — “WREN is a not-for-profit business that awards grants to community, environmental and heritage projects across the UK from funds donated by F…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/07/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANN GILDA WELLS · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHARLES GEOFFREY HALL BA
• EMILY ELISE AVERY HARDY-SIMS
• Jane Alison Douglas
• PETER ANTHONY MAGORRIAN
• Scott Peter Ashton
• Valerie Patricia Brinicombe

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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