WIGTON THEATRE CLUB

Registered charity 1178881 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To educate the public in dramatic arts and provide a community hub for people interested in live drama and music.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING THE PERFORMING ARTS;TO DEVELOP PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF DRAMA BY OFFERING THE PEOPLE OF WIGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA A VARIED, ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE PROGRAMME OF LIVE DRAMA AND MUSIC, IN A WELCOMING AND COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT;

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 accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,643, which are ring-fenced for future bills and indemnification against cancelled concerts. The trustees report that the charity has achieved sufficient financial stability to support innovative work and has secured revenue funding and grants to ensure its long-term future in its building.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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 (14/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aaron Peter Cockbainchair
• David Stephen Haigh
• Eleanor Constance JENSEN
• Elinor Katharine Jensen
• Joseph Andrew Cosby

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Known funders

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