CLAYBODY THEATRE

Registered charity 1202441 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Claybody Theatre shapes new and ambitious drama from the unique cultural heritage and contemporary lives of the people of North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent. Claybody is inspired by the lives and experiences of local people, who form our Claybody Community. This diverse range of local people enrich our productions by performing onstage and volunteering Front of House and backstage.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF THE ART OF DRAMA.

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 charity reported total net assets of £227,778, with unrestricted funds standing at £213,036. The trustees confirmed the organization is in a sound financial position, noting that budgets are managed effectively and core funding from Arts Council England remains stable. Reserves are held above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• KMF — “In February 2024 we were delighted to be joined by our Patron for AN AUDIENCE WITH TOBY JONES - sponsored by KMF.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Ralphchair
• Dr Jane Helen Krishnadas
• Katie Jayne Hambleton
• Mark Gregory · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROF ERIC RAYMOND JOHNSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Geoffrey Ejikeme Eze
• Saul Peter Hewish

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

Operates in: Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CLAY FOUNDATION.

• THE CLAY FOUNDATION income £624k
• STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £6.1m
• STOKE-ON-TRENT REPERTORY THEATRE LIMITED income £230k
• Kiln Theatre income £4.0m
• People's Theatre Collective Ltd income £184k
• CUMBRIA THEATRE TRUST income £4.0m

Side by side with its peers

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