THE BIG HOUSE THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1151106 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TBH was established to provide a creative, supportive space to help care leavers overcome traumas experienced in childhood and to enable them to integrate successfully into society. TBH has 4 main activities: Drop-in workshopsOpen House Projects (12 weeks of drama workshops, theatre participation, life skills and employability)MentoringFull-scale theatre productions

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG THOSE LEAVING THE CARE SYSTEM OR THE PENAL SYSTEM OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE AT RISK OF EXCLUSION BY SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY (AS A RESULT OF UNEMPLOYMENT; IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN), IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1. PROVIDING ARTS BASED ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; AND2. PROVIDING ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND GENERAL SUPPORT.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a strong financial position with total funds of £1,575,458, significantly exceeding its stated reserves policy target of £256,642. The charity reported a net income of £132,226 for the year and holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £1,021,954. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue operating on a going concern basis.

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 6 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
• 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Big House Theatre Company (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% 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: 20.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Robert Meteyard
• Joel Scott
• Marco DiPaola
• Paul James Hilliar
• Stacie Jayne Novotny Bond
• Ziyad Marar · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• HOTHOUSE THEATRE income £26k
• FULL HOUSE THEATRE income £581k
• THE PLAY HOUSE (B'HAM) LTD income £167k
• THE THEATRE COMPANY BLAH BLAH BLAH income £81k
• THEATRE DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £434k
• TROUBADOUR TRUST income £168k

Side by side with its peers

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