PASSION TRUST

Registered charity 1141493 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Passion Trusts' artistic activities focus on productions and performances of passion plays including community events, major city-wide productions and tours across the UK. Activities also include special educational events and training for directors, producers, actors and volunteers.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF EASTER PASSION STORY AND RELATED ARTISTIC EVENTS

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.

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Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£11k
Latest spending
£13k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £(2,183), indicating a net liability position. The trustees report that administrative costs are covered by a Trust, allowing 100% of donations to go directly to production costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further understanding of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-2k)
“TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD £(2,183)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2026

  • Volunteers: 500
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2026£11k£13k
31/07/2025£54k£52k
31/07/2024£47k£50k
31/07/2023£54k£54k
31/07/2022£44k£45k

Common questions

Is PASSION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £(2,183), indicating a net liability position. The trustees report that administrative costs are covered by a Trust, allowing 100% of donations to go directly to production costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PASSION TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PASSION TRUST as a grant recipient include THE JERUSALEM TRUST, NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST, HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN LIMITED, THE S M B TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JERUSALEM TRUSTFY2024£40kChristian Media
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUSTFY2023£3k
HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN LIMITEDFY2024£2k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2022£2k
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUSTFY2022£1k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PASSION CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PASSION TRUST£11k—0below—no doubt
PASSION CHARITY FY2025£27k——unclear—no doubt
STATE OF TRUST FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
THEATRE UNCUT PRODUCTIONS FY2025£13k—0unclear—no doubt
TROUBADOUR TRUST FY2025£168k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PLEASANCE THEATRE TRUST FY2025£5.5m£80,000 - £89,9991unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.