HERTS INCLUSIVE THEATRE

Registered charity 1180955 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HIT

HIT is an arts charity which aims to improve the well-being of people, particularly children and young people and those who are disadvantaged or disabled, by using the arts to build confidence and develop skills in an inclusive, fun, creative space.

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Latest income
£318k
Latest spending
£307k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves are below its stated policy target of £45,000 due to lower-than-anticipated grant income, resulting in a deficit position on unrestricted funds. The trustees have implemented cost-saving measures and are pursuing new income-generation plans to rebuild reserves. Despite these challenges, the charity reported an overall surplus for the year and considers the going concern basis appropriate.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £12k; policy: three months of budgeted core costs for salaried staff and overheads and to cover redundancy pay-outs. This amounts to £45,000)
“At present, HIT’s free reserves are below the target set in the reserves policy set out below, due to successive years of lower-than-anticipated grant income.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Herts Inclusive Theatre (matched by registered charity number).

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Harrow · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£318k£307k
31/08/2024£260k£289k
31/08/2023£193k£246k
31/08/2022£215k£178k
31/08/2021£160k£131k

Common questions

Is HERTS INCLUSIVE THEATRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's free reserves are below its stated policy target of £45,000 due to lower-than-anticipated grant income, resulting in a deficit position on unrestricted funds. The trustees have implemented cost-saving measures and are pursuing new income-generation plans to rebuild reserves. Despite these challenges, the charity reported an overall surplus for the year and considers the going concern basis appropriate. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HERTS INCLUSIVE THEATRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HERTS INCLUSIVE THEATRE as a grant recipient include THE SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING FOUNDATION, THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST, THE RIX-THOMPSON-ROTHENBERG FOUNDATION, THE THOMAS WALL TRUST, THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING FOUNDATIONFY2024£9k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2024£5kMount Fund
THE RIX-THOMPSON-ROTHENBERG FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE THOMAS WALL TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITYFY2024£5kTowards a communication tablet for non-verbal children
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITYFY2021£3kTowards Augmentative and Alternative Communication Device for disabled children and young people
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2025£3kMount Fund - Community Youth Services
SHREE RAJ SAUBHAG SATSANG MANDAL UKFY2025£250Promoting art

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2025£17kColourful Minds
Postcode Lottery29/04/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund01/02/2023£192kInclusive Theatre Workshops
The National Lottery Community Fund05/02/2021£10kSchool holiday activities for disabled children and young people
UK government09/09/2020£18kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Thrive LDN16/03/2020£10kActing Up
The National Lottery Community Fund06/06/2019£7kHerts Inclusive Theatre
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/01/2015£6k"Watford through the ages"

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HERTS INCLUSIVE THEATRE£318k—0below—no doubt
LYRIC THEATRE HAMMERSMITH LIMITED FY2025£6.7m£80,001 - £90,0003unclear—no doubt
HEADWAY ARTS FY2025£365k—0unclear—no doubt
HODDESDON (COMMUNITY) SOCIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD. FY2025£319kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
FIFTY THREE TWO FY2025£139k—0unclear—no doubt
PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED FY2025£345k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.