Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

APPLAUSE RURAL TOURING

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

Latest income
£594k
Latest spending
£464k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £454,808 from £294,159 in the prior year, while total expenditure decreased to £423,389 from £445,214, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £300,537 are adequate to meet obligations and that the charity has sufficient funds largely due to advance grant funding from Arts Council England and local authorities.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: five months’ operating costs (held: £301k)
“The policy of the charity as at 31 March 2024 was to have free reserves of five months’ operating costs to fund its work (currently budgeted at £94,410).” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

Funders the charity credits

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

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

Total income
£594k
Total spending
£464k
Reserves (reported)
£290k
Employees
6

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

Trustees

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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?

The accounts state that total income increased to £454,808 from £294,159 in the prior year, while total expenditure decreased to £423,389 from £445,214, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £300,537 are adequate to meet obligations and that the charity has sufficient funds largely due to advance grant funding from Arts Council England and local authorities. Its FY2024 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.

FunderYearAmount
NATIONAL RURAL TOURING FORUMFY2023£400

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BAKER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£267k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

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