DERBY SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1154614 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DSTC

The rehearsal and performance of Shakespeare (and other) works in professional and school theatres in Derby and other outdoor venues.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE DRAMATIC ARTS IN PARTICULAR THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,784 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with cash at bank and in hand decreasing to £85,154. The trustees note that free reserves of £85,153 are currently £3,953 below the stated policy target of £47,106, citing significant future obligations for building repairs and accessibility improvements.

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.

• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/10/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• HELEN MARGARET CORNFIELD
• James Michael Dean · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kenneth Robert Owen
• Mathew Shepherd
• Neil Stephen Jones
• Nicola Susan Caister
• Selena Robson
• Susan Brayshaw-Thorne

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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