STRONGBACK PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Registered charity 1167818 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PURPOSE OF STRONGBACK PRODUCTIONS IS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION, SUPPORT AND VALIDATION OF THE DIVERSITY OF MODERN BRITAIN THROUGH DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING, AND MUSIC AND CROSS ART FORMS.

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THE PURPOSE OF STRONGBACK PRODUCTIONS IS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING APPRECIATION, SUPPORT AND VALIDATION OF THE DIVERSITY OF MODERN BRITAIN THROUGH DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC AND CROSS ART FORMS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £10,816 for the year, bringing total net assets to £14,704. However, unrestricted reserves dropped significantly to £74, which the trustees describe as 'low' and attribute to the project-funded nature of their operations. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 handling
• 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08767837

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council England — “SongMaps Rye 2025 - 2026 We were thrilled to receive an Arts Council England,...” (source page)
• private Estate Fund — “StrongBack Productions is thrilled to have been awarded a grant from a private Estate Fund in support of their SongMaps Rye Programme.” (source page)

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.

• GARDINER, Katherine Anne — director, appointed 12/03/2019on trustee list
• BENN, Susan Elizabeth, M/S — director, appointed 01/09/2014not on trustee list
• DE BLOCQ VAN KUFFELER, Eva — director, appointed 01/09/2014not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• SUSAN BENN BSC DESIGNchair
• EVA de Blocq Van Kuffeler
• Katherine Gardiner · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

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Side by side with its peers

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