FROZEN LIGHT

Registered charity 1150132 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TELL ME A TALE, TELL ME A TALE CIC

This charity improves the quality of life for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) by creating touring multi-sensory theatre specifically for the needs of people with PMLD.

Objects

For the benefit of the public, to relieve the charitable needs of people who are in need by reason of physical or mental disability, age, social or economic position or some other disadvantage by: - The advancement of education in the performing and visual arts, in particular but not exclusively through the provision of sensory theatre and artist training workshops;- The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Norwich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £82,095 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £266,376. The trustees note that the organisation is dependent on continued support from grant-aiding bodies, specifically Arts Council England, to maintain going concern status.

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
• Complaints handling
• 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
• 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)

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Paul Bassham Charitable Trust — “We are proud to have core support from the Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, The Backstage Trust, Arts Council England, The Barber Charvet Trus…” (source page)
• The Backstage Trust — “We are proud to have core support from the Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, The Backstage Trust, Arts Council England, The Barber Charvet Trus…” (source page)
• Arts Council England — “We are proud to have core support from the Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, The Backstage Trust, Arts Council England, The Barber Charvet Trus…” (source page)
• The Barber Charvet Trust — “We are proud to have core support from the Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, The Backstage Trust, Arts Council England, The Barber Charvet Trus…” (source page)
• The Mulberry Trust — “We are proud to have core support from the Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, The Backstage Trust, Arts Council England, The Barber Charvet Trus…” (source page)
• The Marsh Charitable Trust — “We are proud to have core support from the Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, The Backstage Trust, Arts Council England, The Barber Charvet Trus…” (source page)
• Norwich City Council — “We are proud to have core support from the Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, The Backstage Trust, Arts Council England, The Barber Charvet Trus…” (source page)
• Youth Music — “The building of our Sensory Home has been funded and supported by: Youth Music: Shift the Scene, Screwfix Foundation, Clothworkers’ Foundati…” (source page)
• Screwfix Foundation — “The building of our Sensory Home has been funded and supported by: Youth Music: Shift the Scene, Screwfix Foundation, Clothworkers’ Foundati…” (source page)
• Clothworkers’ Foundation — “The building of our Sensory Home has been funded and supported by: Youth Music: Shift the Scene, Screwfix Foundation, Clothworkers’ Foundati…” (source page)
• Alan Boswell Group Charitable Trust — “The building of our Sensory Home has been funded and supported by: Youth Music: Shift the Scene, Screwfix Foundation, Clothworkers’ Foundati…” (source page)
• Seneca Trust — “The building of our Sensory Home has been funded and supported by: Youth Music: Shift the Scene, Screwfix Foundation, Clothworkers’ Foundati…” (source page)
• Norwich Consolidated Charities — “The building of our Sensory Home has been funded and supported by: Youth Music: Shift the Scene, Screwfix Foundation, Clothworkers’ Foundati…” (source page)
• Norwich Freemen’s Charity — “The building of our Sensory Home has been funded and supported by: Youth Music: Shift the Scene, Screwfix Foundation, Clothworkers’ Foundati…” (source page)
• Paul Hamlyn Foundation — “The development of the Sensory Studio has been funded and supported by: Paul Hamlyn Foundation, The Educational Foundation of Alderman John …” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Robertschair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Aaron Hunter
• Benjamin Vleminckx
• Catherine Mary Gough
• Charlotte Emily Lund
• Chelsea Rebecca Skye Pettitt
• Lorna Owen
• Natalya Martin
• Rosslyn May Eliza Trewin Marshall
• Sharon Stoker

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONCRETE YOUTH.

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• NEW LIGHT (NORTH OF ENGLAND) income £85k
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• BAMBOOZLE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £565k
• STARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION income £4.0m
• FOUNDATION OF LIGHT income £5.6m

Side by side with its peers

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