Lewes Little Theatre

Registered charity 1196153 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEWES THEATRE CLUB

Amateur Theatre Club based in Lewes and serving the surrounding areas, giving opportunities for learning about both onstage and backstage jobs, as well as providing regular productions

Objects

TO ADVANCE, ESPECIALLY IN LEWES, EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING, ELOCUTION AND MUSIC IN THEIR VARIOUS ASPECTS,AND EITHER ALONE OR IN CO - OPERATION WITH OTHERS, TO ORGANISE, PERFORM, PRODUCE OR PROMOTE THE STUDY OF SUCH DRAMAS, OPERAS, OPERETTAS, BURLESQUES, MIMES, FILMS, BROADCASTS, MUSIC, BALLETS, ENTERTAINMENTS, DISPLAYS, EXHIBITIONS, DANCING, PUPPET SHOWS, RECITATIONS, READINGS, LECTURES, AND TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER THINGS WHETHER UPON CLUB PREMISES OR ELSEWHERE, AS ARE NECESSARY TO THE FURTHERANCE OF THE AFORESAID OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM.

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 incurred a significant loss this year, largely due to nearly £90,000 in structural roof repairs and the writing off of fixtures and fittings. While secured loans mitigated the immediate impact, the trustees note that several positive years are required to clear these loans and strengthen the financial position. The organization is actively seeking grants and additional volunteers to support its operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY JOHN POTTER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Christopher William Spinks · trustee of 1 other charity
• Darren Heather · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Robert Gavin Rankin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kirstine Lorna Bowen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Gerald Hamilton · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SWANSEA LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED.

• SWANSEA LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED income £117k
• LEICESTER THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £18.5m
• LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE LTD income £397k
• LITTLE THEATRE (GATESHEAD) LIMITED income £133k
• HERTFORD DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC SOCIETY income £107k
• THE LOWESTOFT PLAYERS LIMITED income £169k

Side by side with its peers

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