CARNEGIE THEATRE TRUST (WORKINGTON)

Registered charity 1160963 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Theatre & Arts Centre

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF CREATIVE LEARNING PROGRAMMES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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 deficit of £51,579 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in no free unrestricted reserves. The trustees acknowledge significant financial pressure and uncertainties regarding the group's ability to continue as a going concern, citing low unrestricted funds and a trading subsidiary with negative reserves.

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

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: CARNEGIE WORKINGTON LTD Companies House 08913454 · Financial health read from its filings

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (58% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BARBARA ANN CANNON
• Helen Elizabeth Hodgson
• Mandy Lawson-Jackson
• Stephanie Atkinson

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRINITY THEATRE AND ARTS CENTRE LIMITED.

• TRINITY THEATRE AND ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £1.2m
• NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED income £16.3m
• CUMBRIA THEATRE TRUST income £4.0m
• BRISTOL OLD VIC AND THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED income £7.6m
• LEEDS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £9.7m
• STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £6.1m

Side by side with its peers

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