THE CROWN WHARF THEATRE

Registered charity 1181516 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1) PROVIDING AN ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE PERFORMANCE VENUE, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF STAFFORDSHIRE AND IT'S SURROUNDING COUNTIES. 2) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS, THEATRE, MUSIC, DANCE AND CINEMA TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIAT

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1) PROVIDING AN ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE PERFORMANCE VENUE, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF STAFFORDSHIRE AND IT'S SURROUNDING COUNTIES. 2) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS, THEATRE, MUSIC, DANCE AND CINEMA TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION.

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: Stafford, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash of £10,000 at year-end, meeting its stated reserves policy target of a minimum £10,000. Total net assets increased slightly to £806,228, supported by a small surplus of £2,892 for the year, although incoming resources decreased significantly compared to the prior year due to the absence of grant funding.

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 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
• Trustee expenses 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 31/12/2023 (received 04/08/2025, 277 days after the 31/10/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Crown Wharf Theatre (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (46% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 16.1% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT KENNEYchair
• CRAIG JOHN CHESTERS
• HARRIET LAURA Capernaros
• Jill Hood · trustee of 2 other charities
• Leo Capernaros
• MARK CHRISTOPHER DORAN

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

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