BEAR PIT THEATRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1156259 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEAR PIT ENTERPRISES LIMITED, BEARPIT THEATRE LIMITED, THE BEAR PIT

To advance public education in the arts and promote knowledge, understanding and appreciation in the arts (in particular visual and performing arts) by providing and managing a theatre and associated facilities in Stratford upon Avon and in the surrounding area for the public benefit.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION IN THE ARTS (IN PARTICULAR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS) BY PROVIDING AND MANAGING A THEATRE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES IN STRATFORD UPON AVON AND IN THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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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Registered contact address: Stratford-on-Avon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that incoming resources exceeded resources expended by £27,686 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in total charity funds of £85,100. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to hold sufficient funds to finance the next planned performance, with unrestricted funds standing at £77,924. The charity is not required to be audited under company law and has undergone an independent examination with no matters causing concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

• Waseem Mahmood OBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Robert Boyter Smith
• Christopher Charles Dobson
• DAVID DERRINGTON
• DOMINIC SKINNER
• SIMON ALLEN
• Sarah Stevenson James
• Thomas Padavupurackal Eapen

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

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