Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation

Registered charity 1164676 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q48773682 · Wikipedia · also known as SHAKESPEARE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION

SSF transforms lives through the unique power of Shakespeare. Our activities help thousands of young people to improve literacy and develop life skills of empathy, confidence and teamwork.We produce an annual UK-wide youth drama festival at local, professional theatres, providing 6 months' support to teachers and casts. Additional curriculum resources and workshops further increase our reach.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE:-THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND ORGANISATION OF THE ACTING OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN SCHOOLS AND THEATRES THROUGHOUT THE UK AND ELSEWHERE, THEREBY DEVELOPING THOSE YOUNG PERSONS’ SELF-CONFIDENCE AND CREATIVITY.

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: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £32,685 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £297,981. This reserve level is marginally below the stated policy target of three months' budgeted expenditure (£306,345). However, the trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. 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 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (64% 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: 4.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Draychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Glenda Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• Guy Davies · trustee of 2 other charities
• Hester Lockley
• Jeff Tijssen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jill Pay · trustee of 1 other charity
• Juthymas Harntha

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Side by side with its peers

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