SHAKESPEARE LINK

Registered charity 1185804 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Shakespeare Link provides developmental workshops and performance at its home base, the flagship Willow Globe theatre, within the local community, and beyond.

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Latest income

£58k

Latest spending

£50k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £8,111 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £21,058. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is above the stated policy target of £15,000 (representing 3-6 months of fixed expenditure), and the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of fixed expenditure (held: £21k)

“The Trustees consider the optimum level of unrestricted reserves to be equal to 3-6 months’ fixed expenditure of the Charity, estimated at £15000.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/04/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

BARBARA STOWchair
Andrew Cresswell · trustee of 1 other charity
Carole Jean Walsh · trustee of 1 other charity
Dorothy May Herbert
Jessica Ann Ellen Goode
Kevin James Herbert · trustee of 1 other charity
Marie Therese Ann Gibson-Watt M.A.
Penelope Anne Lewns · trustee of 1 other charity

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

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Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£58k	£50k
31/03/2024	£68k	£65k
31/03/2023	£76k	£75k
31/03/2022	£34k	£56k
31/03/2021	£102k	£42k

Common questions

Is SHAKESPEARE LINK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £8,111 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £21,058. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is above the stated policy target of £15,000 (representing 3-6 months of fixed expenditure), and the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SHAKESPEARE LINK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHAKESPEARE LINK as a grant recipient include The Ashley Family Foundation, THE LLYSDINAM TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
The Ashley Family Foundation	FY2022	£5k
The Ashley Family Foundation	FY2022	£5k
The Ashley Family Foundation	FY2025	£3k
THE LLYSDINAM TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE LLYSDINAM TRUST	FY2023	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	30/06/2025	£10k	Unrestricted Funding
Postcode Lottery	30/06/2023	£10k	Unrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/09/2016	£5k	Wet Weather Cover - the Tent Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/04/2010	£5k	Shakespeare Family Festival, Feuds, Fun and Forgivness