APPLAUSE RURAL TOURING

Registered charity 1165632 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as APPLAUSE

Main areas of activity1. Delivery of Touring Activity2. Promoter and Volunteer Engagement3. Delivery of Artistic Development

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£594k

Latest spending

£464k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £289,839, which is above the stated policy target of five months' operating costs (£102,263). The trustees consider the state of financial affairs to be satisfactory and report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in business.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: five months’ operating costs (held: £290k)

“The policy of the charity as at 31 March 2025 was to have free reserves of five months’ operating costs to fund its work (currently budgeted at £102,263).” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Family Arts Standards — “Funded by Family Arts Standards” (source page)

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

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

Total income

£594k

Total spending

£464k

Reserves (reported)

£290k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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

Amanda Cusimano
Daniel King
Elizabeth Newall
Elizabeth Pencavel
Katherine Portman Smith
Louise Knight
Louise Searle

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Essex · Kent · Medway · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£594k	£464k
31/03/2024	£455k	£423k
31/03/2023	£294k	£445k
31/03/2022	£288k	£381k
31/03/2021	£538k	£273k

Common questions

Is APPLAUSE RURAL TOURING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £289,839, which is above the stated policy target of five months' operating costs (£102,263). The trustees consider the state of financial affairs to be satisfactory and report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in business. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds APPLAUSE RURAL TOURING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name APPLAUSE RURAL TOURING as a grant recipient include NATIONAL RURAL TOURING FORUM.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
NATIONAL RURAL TOURING FORUM	FY2023	£400	Edinburgh/Brighton Village Hall
NATIONAL RURAL TOURING FORUM	FY2024	£0

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU	1	£474k
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION	1	£8k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	1	£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£5k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	1	£5k
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND	1	£5k
THE LECHE TRUST	1	£4k
THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NATIONAL RURAL TOURING FORUM.

NATIONAL RURAL TOURING FORUM income £274k
ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE LIMITED income £1.2m
THEATRE-RITES income £278k
ARTS IN RURAL GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £118k
ALNWICK DISTRICT PLAYHOUSE TRUST income £1.8m
ARTS ALIVE IN SHROPSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE income £457k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
APPLAUSE RURAL TOURING	£594k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NATIONAL RURAL TOURING FORUM FY2024	£274k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THEATRE-RITES FY2025	£278k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTS IN RURAL GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ALNWICK DISTRICT PLAYHOUSE TRUST FY2025	£1.8m	—	0	above	—	noted

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