WISBECH THEATRE TRUST

Registered charity 1173321 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q26418897 · Wikipedia · also known as THE ANGLES THEATRE, THE WISBECH THEATRE

To advance the arts for the public benefit in Fenland and the surrounding areas by the provision of a theatre, currently known as the Angles Theatre, Alexandra Road, Wisbech (?the theatre?)

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN FENLAND AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF A THEATRE, CURRENTLYKNOWN AS THE ANGLES THEATRE, ALEXANRDA ROAD, WISBECH [“THE THEATRE]

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £52,651 for the year, increasing its total unrestricted and restricted reserves to £105,592. The trustees report that the group is a going concern and have adopted the Charities SORP (FRS 102) for the first time with consolidation of its trading subsidiary.

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
• Complaints 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: THE WISBECH SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD Companies House 07241564

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Angles Theatre (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Nixon · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joseph Connolly
• Joshua Samuel Shippey
• Louise Karalyn O'Connor
• Matthew Beare
• Matthew Kevin Peploe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ricki Wenn
• Robert Malcolm James Williams · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Lincolnshire · Norfolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROSES THEATRE TRUST.

• ROSES THEATRE TRUST income £2.3m
• WICKHAM THEATRE TRUST income £44k
• ARTLESS THEATRE TRUST income £107k
• THE LACE MARKET THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £213k
• WILTSHIRE CREATIVE income £7.1m
• WORCESTER THEATRES CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £2.6m

Side by side with its peers

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