TAUNTON THESPIANS

Registered charity 1189940 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Production of plays and the promotion of play & poetry readings.Workshops and lectures aimed at developing interest and skills in all aspects of drama and stage craft.

Objects

1. PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE ART OF DRAMA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART. 2. OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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 state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £294,741, representing a net increase from the previous year's £289,156. The filing indicates that resources are adequate for ongoing operations, with no material uncertainties or going concern issues disclosed. The charity's financial position is supported by a strong capital reserve derived from past asset sales and bequests.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alastair John Robert MacLeod · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bridget Sarah Flett
• Elizabeth Sarah Knighton
• Jo-Anne Case
• Karen Diane Bolton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lynn Kitson
• MARK RICHARD BOLDEN DAWSON
• NICOLA DAWSON
• Peter Kitson
• Rene Kilner
• Suzanne Guppy

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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