EMPIRE THEATRE TRUST CIO

Registered charity 1178975 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Empire Theatre is a not for profit community project providing live shows, live music, comedy and entertainment for the town of Halstead and surrounding areas, also provides space for groups and organisations to use for performing arts classes and performances.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ESTABLISH AND RUN A THEATRE AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE HALSTEAD AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS THE PROVISION TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PARTICULARLY TO EDUCATE THE SAID INHABITANTS IN THE ARTS & SCIENCES OF THE FILM AND THEATRE AND INCLUDING THE ARTS AND DRAMA, MIME, DANCING, SINGING AND MUSIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF PERFORMANCES AT THE THEATRE, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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 achieved a surplus of £24,483 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total incoming resources of £272,585 against expenditure of £248,102. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £71,101 and restricted funds of £37,751, resulting in total net assets of £108,853. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andy Munday
• Duncan Robert McCubbine Mr · trustee of 1 other charity
• Linda Kemp
• NEIL KEITH HARDY

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HACKNEY EMPIRE LIMITED.

• HACKNEY EMPIRE LIMITED income £3.4m
• HAMPSTEAD THEATRE LIMITED income £6.0m
• THE PLAYHOUSE THEATRE CHELTENHAM income £895k
• THE NEW THEATRE ROYAL-TRUSTEES (PORTSMOUTH) LIMITED income £1.4m
• THE HAVERING THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £4.7m
• NORTH EAST THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

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