TANGLE

Registered charity 1161690 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Tangle is South West England's African Caribbean theatre company. Its touring theatre projects enable communities across South West England to engage with and celebrate the rich racial diversity of contemporary England.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF THE ART OF DRAMA.

Area of benefit: THROUGHOUT ENGLAND

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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Latest income
£162k
Latest spending
£149k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £15,270 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £112,043. The trustees confirm the organization is a going concern, citing stable Arts Council England funding and sufficient financial reserves to cover future production costs and contingencies.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least £20,000 (held: £112k)
“The Reserves Policy requires the preservation of a Company Contingency all times at an amount of at least £20,000.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£162k£149k
31/03/2024£158k£119k
31/03/2023£158k£216k
31/03/2022£110k£95k
31/03/2021£128k£76k

Common questions

Is TANGLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £15,270 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £112,043. The trustees confirm the organization is a going concern, citing stable Arts Council England funding and sufficient financial reserves to cover future production costs and contingencies. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TANGLE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TANGLE as a grant recipient include THE LECHE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LECHE TRUSTFY2025£4kArts

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TANGLEWOOD WARREN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TANGLE£162k——unclear—no doubt
TANGLEWOOD WARREN FY2025£344k—0above—no doubt
TRESTLE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£314k—0unclear—material uncertainty
TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£2.9m—0above—no doubt
ACTORS TOURING COMPANY (LONDON) LIMITED FY2025£539k—0unclear—no doubt
TANG HALL EMPLOYMENT FY2025£104k—0above—no doubt

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