HARWICH ELECTRIC PALACE TRUST

Registered charity 1174807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ELECTRIC PALACE CINEMA FOR CINEMA, THEATRICAL AND OTHER SHOWS AND GENERAL USES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC

Objects

TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ELECTRIC PALACE AT HARWICH PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT ALTERATIONS TO THE SAID PREMISES NECESSARY FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THE NEXT FOLLOWING OBJECT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE PROHIBITED BY THIS OBJECT. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF FILM, THEATRE AND MUSIC BY PRESENTATION OF PERFORMANCES AT THE RESTORED ELECTRIC PALACE.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £38,395 for the year, with total funds increasing to £90,825. However, the trustees note that current reserves are only just sufficient to cover three months of operating costs and urgent repairs, indicating a tight financial position dependent on future fundraising and surpluses.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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
• Investment
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Harwich Electric Palace Trust (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 (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Billie Elizabeth Nugent
• DAVID TREVOR LOOSER
• Loriana Jaconelli
• Philip Hartwell
• Richard Brewster
• Richard Henry Bench
• Roger Cockerton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sanja Bahun

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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