WHITEHAVEN THEATRE OF YOUTH

Registered charity 1176946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a performing arts group for youngsters aged 7 to 18. We aim to develop and promote young people by educating in all aspects of the performing arts.

Objects

1.THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN WHITEHAVEN AND DISTRICT AND PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE BY:EDUCATING IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE PERFORMING ARTS.PERFORMING BY WAY OF CONCERTS AND PRODUCTIONS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.2.TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

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: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total reserves of £66,751, comprising £60,751 in unrestricted funds. While the trustees consider this a satisfactory position, they note that the charity currently holds 12 months of expenditure in reserves, which is below their stated policy target of 24 months. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £237 for the year, with total income of £56,832 against total expenditure of £57,069.

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.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 09/08/2024, 40 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• BEC — “We have recently completed a move to new premises helped and supported by BEC .” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROGER WILSONchair
• ANDREW JAMES MORTON
• Danielle Worsley
• JUDITH LYNNE HENDERSON
• LIANNE STAMPER
• MARK STAMPER
• Mandy Worsley
• PAULINE ROBERTSON
• Vanessa Margaret Turpin
• William John Branch

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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 C.A.T.S. YOUTH THEATRE.

• C.A.T.S. YOUTH THEATRE income £90k
• CENTRAL YOUTH THEATRE income £159k
• THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN income £4.0m
• PETERSFIELD YOUTH THEATRE income £246k
• CENTRESTAGE PRODUCTIONS YOUTH THEATRE income £131k
• CENTRE STAGE (DEVON) income £124k

Side by side with its peers

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