THE HANDLEBARDS CIO

Registered charity 1188117 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PERFORMING ARTS OF THEATRE, DRAMA AND MUSIC.

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FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PERFORMING ARTS OF THEATRE, DRAMA AND MUSIC.

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 for the year ended 31 March 2025 have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records. The examiner reported no matters giving cause to believe the accounts did not comply with applicable regulations. The filing does not disclose specific financial health metrics such as reserves or trading status.

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 3 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Harry Alexander Bernard Bresslaw
• Hilary Jane Wynter
• Kathryn Lindsay Jones · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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