THE ACTORS' WORKSHOP BRISTOL

Registered charity 1206353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Actors Workshop Bristol offers cutting edge actor training for adults and teens, getting 80 to 90n percent of students into UK drama conservatoires every year. We offer CPD for actors, teachers and the community through workshops, short courses and performances. Scholarships and bursaries allow anyone with the necessary talent and drive to access our training.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE, IN THE KNOWLEDGE,UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS (INCLUDING, DRAMA, SINGING AND DANCE AND THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF SPEECH TRAINING) IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF COURSES, TUITION, WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, REHEARSALS, PERFORMANCES AND BY SUPPORTING THEM FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.2. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS, INCLUDING DRAMA, MUSIC, DANCE AND SINGING BY THE PRODUCTION OF PLAYS, AND BY TEACHING AND TRAINING ARTISTS TO ENABLE THEM TO PRODUCE WORKS OF A HIGH STANDARD.

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 generated a surplus of £2,822 for the period ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £128,961 and total expenditure of £126,139. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £7,939 at year-end, reflecting an active reserves policy. The charity secured a partnership with the Bristol School of Acting to address premises insecurity and secure long-term 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 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ANNE ODEKE
• BRYN HOLDING
• STEPHEN CHARLES LOACH
• Sian Fisher

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRISTOL OLD VIC THEATRE SCHOOL LIMITED.

• BRISTOL OLD VIC THEATRE SCHOOL LIMITED income £2.8m
• THE BRISTOL IMPROV THEATRE LIMITED income £346k
• BRITISH YOUTH OPERA income £446k
• THE BARN THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £243k
• LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE LTD income £397k
• THE BRIDGE THEATRE TRAINING COMPANY income £293k

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