GECKO THEATRE

Registered charity 1194001 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GECKO THEATRE LIMITED

Gecko creates inspiring and provocative performance that explores contemporary themes and delivers cutting-edge training and participation. Blending choreography, sound, lighting and design to create our worlds and using breath, emotion, multiple languages and metaphor to tell our stories, we provide experiences of the highest quality for audiences, students, communities and artists.

Objects

2.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY, IN EACH CASE ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO:2.1.1 ADVANCE THE ARTS THROUGH THE CREATION AND PERFORMANCE OF ARTISTIC WORKS; AND2.1.2 ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE DELIVERY OF EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, MASTERCLASSES, AND RESIDENTIAL COURSES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £291,905 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves falling to £109,184. The trustees report that the settlement of a long-running HMRC dispute enabled the repayment of short-term loans and the stabilization of operations. They confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gecko (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (51% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan James Nealchair
• Dr Susannah Jane Smith
• Helen Kathleen Lannaghan
• Phanuel Mutumburi

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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