BASELESS FABRIC THEATRE

Registered charity 1165923 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We create site-specific and promenade theatre & opera to inspire audiences to see the art forms and the world around them in new ways. We partner with local schools to offer complimentary workshops to teach young people about theatre and opera; with community organisations to run sessions with elderly groups, and provide opportunities for local people to be involved as volunteers.

Objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO THE DRAMATIC ARTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Merton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£85k
Latest spending
£110k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document contains no financial data, trustee reports, or accounts; it consists solely of Docusign envelope identifiers and a signature date, making it impossible to assess financial health.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £31,950 — grants £31,950 (2); 38% of the £84,848 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Government income: £39,738 — grants £39,738 (2); 60% of the £66,435 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £9,975 — grants £9,975 (1); 17% of the £58,214 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£85k£110k
31/12/2024£66k£59k
31/12/2023£58k£14k
31/12/2022£38k£84k
31/12/2021£42k£28k

Common questions

Is BASELESS FABRIC THEATRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document contains no financial data, trustee reports, or accounts; it consists solely of Docusign envelope identifiers and a signature date, making it impossible to assess financial health.

Who funds BASELESS FABRIC THEATRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BASELESS FABRIC THEATRE as a grant recipient include HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4kConcerts
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kConcerts
HUMPHREY RICHARDSON TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3kConcerts
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATIONFY2026£2k
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/04/2026£5kElderly Concerts 2026
The National Lottery Community Fund06/02/2025£5kConcerts for Elderly Groups 2025
The National Lottery Community Fund04/08/2023£4kCarehome Concerts 2023
Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£9kProject Funding

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
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Bull Theatre Ltd.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BASELESS FABRIC THEATRE£85k—0unclear—no doubt
The Bull Theatre Ltd FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
AVOCET THEATRE COMPANY FY2026£30k—0unclear—no doubt

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