THE RAZE COLLECTIVE

Registered charity 1167655 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAZE

- Provision of training and workshops to performers- Management and delivery of information sharing network- Provision of support and networking events for performers- Education and performances to the public

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:A. TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PERFORMING ARTS, DEFINED AS ART FORMS INVOLVING VOICE AND/OR MOVEMENT ALONE OR IN RELATION OR OTHER OBJECTS TO CONVEY ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, UNDERTAKEN BY PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LESBIAN, GAY BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER OR INTERSEX (LGBTQI) OR THAT CONTAINS LGBTQI THEMES, CONTENT OR CONTEXT, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS, TRAINING AND CULTURAL EVENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LGBTQI COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC. B. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO LGBTQI PERFORMING ARTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, DISCUSSIONS, LECTURES, SCREENINGS AND LIVE PERFORMANCES. C. THE ADVANCEMENT OF LGBTQI PERFORMING ARTS BY ASSISTING YOUNG PERFORMERS OF MODERATE OR LIMITED MEANS IN SUCH WAYS AS TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING.D. THE PRESERVATION OF LGBTQI PERFORMING ARTS HERITAGE AND CULTURE, INCLUDING SPACES AND BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR IMPORTANCE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LGBTQI COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC.

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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Latest income
£120k
Latest spending
£144k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £23,071 for the year, with total payments exceeding total receipts. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £32k)
“maintained at a level to cover the following financial year’s budgeted minimum operational costs, with ability to maintain core staffing levels for a 3-month period, calculated to be £10,000 in addition to any other unrestricted funds available.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£120k£144k
30/09/2024£128k£113k
30/09/2023£118k£139k
30/09/2022£145k£156k
30/09/2021£105k£101k

Common questions

Is THE RAZE COLLECTIVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £23,071 for the year, with total payments exceeding total receipts. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE RAZE COLLECTIVE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE RAZE COLLECTIVE as a grant recipient include THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery31/03/2025£15kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund22/08/2024£20kQueer Weekenders 2025/26
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2023£10kQueer Summer Fayre 2023
UK government22/10/2021£37kCulture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VENTURE ARTS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE RAZE COLLECTIVE£120k—0unclear—no doubt
VENTURE ARTS FY2025£703k—0above—no doubt
ANJUMAN RAZA -E -MUSTAFA FY2025£209k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIGHTON THEATRE GROUP FY2025£207k—0below—no doubt
LYRIC THEATRE HAMMERSMITH LIMITED FY2025£6.7m£80,001 - £90,0003unclear—no doubt
RAH RAH COMMUNITY THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£125k—0unclear—no doubt

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