SHAPESHIFTER PRODUCTIONS LTD

Registered charity 1141763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SS OR SHAPESHIFTER

Shapeshifter Productions is a performing arts charity based in Waltham Forest. The object is to advance the arts for the public benefit by the promotion in particular, but not exclusively, of the arts of drama and music. Our activities focus on delivering original, world class productions, reaching out and actively engaging local communities.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OFTHE ARTS OF DRAMA AND MUSIC

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Waltham Forest, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £15,893 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £10,168. The trustees report that these reserves cover five months of overhead expenditure and are considered adequate to meet working capital requirements and sustain activities in the event of a significant drop in funding.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• JO NOLANchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALISON LESLEY JONES DIRECTOR
• Eamonn Flynn · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lorraine Cox
• MARK WILLIAM KENDRICK
• Milica Milosevic · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · Scotland · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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