THE COMPANY OF PLAYERS (HERTFORD)

Registered charity 1194040 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COPS

To educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts and to further development of public appreciation and taste in said arts

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTSTO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS.

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: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £5,704 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total funds increasing to £633,114. The trustees report that the charity is 'doing well' with strong audience numbers, though they note the small company is 'fragile' and dependent on continued volunteer support to maintain operations.

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 5 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Michael Janeschair
• Andrew Lee
• Angela Reiss
• DEREK PALMER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hannah Leonard
• Jonathon Wallis
• Robert James Gill

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITY PLAYERS.

• CITY PLAYERS income £26k
• PENRITH PLAYERS THEATRE income £183k
• ABBEY PLAYERS income £150k
• THAME PLAYERS THEATRE COMPANY income £146k
• THE BANCROFT PLAYERS income £200k
• THE HARROGATE PHOENIX PLAYERS income £63k

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