FRINTON SUMMER THEATRE

Registered charity 1170429 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and advance performance arts

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE PERFORMANCE ARTS, MOST PARTICULARLY THE ARTS OF THEATRE, OPERA AND BALLET INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF A SUMMER SEASON OF THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES IN FRINTON-ON-SEA

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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Registered contact address: Tendring, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity concluded the 2025 season in a very encouraging financial position with a net surplus of £27,471. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £238,609, held to cover planned expenditure and known future revenue streams. The charity received no grant funding during the year, relying instead on ticket sales, sponsorship, and fundraising events to cover operating costs.

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 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (76% 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

• Akbar Kurtha
• Eleanor Jackson
• Elizabeth Sophia Therese O'Connell
• Emily Raymond
• Helen Maria Cole
• JEAN ARMSTRONG
• Michael Edward Woodward
• Michael Patrick McCoy

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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