TRANSFORM THEATRE PROJECTS

Registered charity 1162870 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Presenting festivals of performance from Leeds and internationally, whilst concocting projects with bold artists all year round, Transform presents theatre works everywhere from arts venues across Leeds, to city sites and outdoor spaces. Celebrating the independent and adventurous spirit of Leeds, we want to reflect the socially conscious and radical North, whilst connecting to the world.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THEATRE, PERFORMANCE, DANCE, VISUAL, MEDIA, MUSIC AND OTHER 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 an unrestricted surplus of £75,369 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £175,620. This figure is significantly above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £75,000, which is based on three months of running costs plus a contingency. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and note that the organisation is in a healthy position ahead of the next festival delivery year.

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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 13/06/2022, 133 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Transform Theatre Projects (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Bhoyroochair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Ruth Nakhwal · trustee of 2 other charities
• Karen Jane Murgatroyd
• Nicholas Mark Dyson
• Nur Khairiyah Binte Ramli
• Prof. David John Harradine

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

Operates in: Argentina · Brazil · Canada · France · Germany · Japan · Kuwait · Saudi Arabia · Spain · Throughout England And Wales · United Arab Emirates · United States

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• LEEDS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £9.7m
• TRANSFORM NETWORK income £598k
• TRANSFORM SCHOOLS UK income £50k
• TRANSFORMING PLACES income £174k
• UNLEASHED THEATRE COMPANY income £198k
• ALTERNATIVE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

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