CONCRETE YOUTH

Registered charity 1195576 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONCRETE YOUTH THEATRE

This charity improves the quality of life for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) through multi-sensory theatre in theatres and multi-sensory educational services in education settings. The charity is also dedicated to the promotion of awareness and the visibility of people with PMLD.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR PERSONS WITH PROFOUND AND MULTIPLE LEARNING DISABILITIES (PMLD) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A. PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY THEATRE FOR PEOPLE PMLD;B. ENCOURAGING ACCESSIBLE THEATRE;C. INCREASING THE VISIBILITY OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES WITHIN THE ARTS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY;D. ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF WORK FOR AUDIENCES WITH PMLD BY PROVIDING TRAINING FOR ARTISTS AND VENUES TO ENABLE THEM TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES;E. PROVIDING TRAINING TO ENABLE PEOPLE WITH PMLD TO ACCESS THE ARTS AT HOME OR AT OTHER VENUES INCLUDING STORYTELLING AND SENSORY ACTIVITIES AND RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH PMLD

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net income increase to £38,521 for the year ended 31st July 2026, with total funds carried forward rising to £103,993. The trustees acknowledge previous financial pressures and are prioritizing the rebuilding of unrestricted reserves to safeguard ongoing operations. The organization remains dependent on project funding and grants, with no material uncertainty regarding its ability to continue as a going concern disclosed.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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

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• Paying staff
• Risk management
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• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Rajwant Kaur Singhchair
• Dr Gill Brigg
• Emma Parker
• Luke Charles Dankoff
• Marie Seaton
• Maya Shimmin

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MITCHELL MEMORIAL YOUTH ARTS CENTRE LTD.

• MITCHELL MEMORIAL YOUTH ARTS CENTRE LTD income £747k
• YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME income £640k
• FROZEN LIGHT income £730k
• CROYDON YOUTH THEATRE ORGANISATION income £140k
• YOUTH CHARTER income £227k
• CREATIVE YOUTH NETWORK income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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