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Registered charity 1179418 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide opportunities in the performing arts where other support may not be available. Engage with individuals and groups in guidance as to development and opportunities. Engage with the existing performance arts educational system in providing support. Promote equality, diversity and social inclusion.Provide quantified financial support when authorised by the trustees.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("OBJECTS") ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF CREATIVE PERFORMING ARTS AND TO FOSTER, ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO PARTICIPATE, INCREASE THEIR CONFIDENCE AND ENJOY BEING INVOLVED IN CREATIVE PERFORMING ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY OFFERING CLASSES, WORKSHOPS AND LOCAL PERFORMANCES AND CAREER ADVICE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £453,235, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of two months' running costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £82,215 for the year, driven by a reduction in expenditure despite lower grant income. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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 31/08/2024 (received 07/07/2025, 7 days after the 30/06/2025 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10646009

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 53two (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LUCAS, Craig — director, appointed 10/09/2025on trustee list
• ALEXANDER, John Michael — director, appointed 07/08/2025on trustee list
• WILDIN, Nicola Jane — director, appointed 28/05/2022on trustee list
• BARON, Andre — director, appointed 01/06/2021on trustee list
• EVANS, Lawrence — director, appointed 01/03/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andre Baron
• Craig Lucas
• John Michael Alexander
• LAWRENCE EVANS
• Nicola Wildin
• Valerie Bayliss-Brideaux

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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 QUARANTINE.

• QUARANTINE income £563k
• 20 STORIES HIGH income £627k
• Showcase Performing Arts income £27k
• ACTIVATE PERFORMING ARTS income £642k
• CONTAINS ART CIO income £330k
• HODDESDON (COMMUNITY) SOCIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD. income £319k

Side by side with its peers

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