BINGLEY LITTLE THEATRE

Registered charity 1145393 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q31509631

To educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts and to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS, AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£318k

Latest spending

£384k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £65,822 for the year, reducing its total unrestricted funds from £337,909 to £272,087. The trustees report that the bank balance remains healthy at over £141,264, which is well in excess of the £60,000 deemed safe minimum to be held in reserve. The charity is exempt from statutory audit under the small companies regime.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Theatre income (56% of income)

“Theatre income 189,251” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: To retain in cash until further notice a minimum amount of £60,000 (reserves figure: £272k)

“To retain in cash until further notice a minimum amount of £60,000” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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

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 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 220

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 220

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 222
Government income: £3,200 — grants £3,200 (1); 1% of the £275,695 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07839632

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.

BOLDY, Glenn Peter Clarie — director, appointed 20/06/2025on trustee list
HALL, Elizabeth Anne — director, appointed 20/06/2025on trustee list
MARTIN, Robin Douglas — director, appointed 20/06/2025on trustee list
ROOKES, Jonathan — director, appointed 20/06/2025on trustee list
SMITHSON, Ian Roland — director, appointed 20/06/2025on trustee list
LAKIN, Anne Dagmar — secretary, appointed 09/05/2014

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/10/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANNE LAKIN
Elizabeth Anne Hall
Glenn Peter Clarie Boldy
Ian Roland Smithson
Jonathan Rookes
ROBIN DOUGLAS MARTIN
Ronald Cregeen Hardy

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£318k	£384k
31/08/2024	£288k	£355k
31/08/2023	£276k	£258k
31/08/2022	£218k	£196k
31/08/2021	£151k	£193k

Common questions

Is BINGLEY LITTLE THEATRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £65,822 for the year, reducing its total unrestricted funds from £337,909 to £272,087. The trustees report that the bank balance remains healthy at over £141,264, which is well in excess of the £60,000 deemed safe minimum to be held in reserve. The charity is exempt from statutory audit under the small companies regime. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BINGLEY LITTLE THEATRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BINGLEY LITTLE THEATRE as a grant recipient include BRADFORD GUILD OF HELP, The Keith Howard Foundation.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
BRADFORD GUILD OF HELP	FY2021	£30k
BRADFORD GUILD OF HELP	FY2022	£5k
The Keith Howard Foundation	FY2021	£2k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE NORTH WALES POLICE AND COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIGHTON LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY.

BRIGHTON LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY income £66k
THE BELPER MUSICAL THEATRE income £38k
HEBDEN BRIDGE LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED income £60k
BOLTON LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED income £94k
BROWNHILLS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY income £108k
THE RHYL LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED income £109k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BINGLEY LITTLE THEATRE	£318k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIGHTON LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY FY2025	£66k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BELPER MUSICAL THEATRE FY2025	£38k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HEBDEN BRIDGE LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED FY2025	£60k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOLTON LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED FY2025	£94k	—	above	—	no doubt
BROWNHILLS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY FY2025	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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