EXETER LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 204010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision, enhancement and encouragement of live theatre in and around Exeter to members and the general public over a wide age range by fostering and promoting dramatic and related arts.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE ART OF DRAMA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART.

Area of benefit: EXETER

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: Exeter, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has a surplus of £3,267.04 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £55,951.77. The trustees report that the company is recouping previous losses and expects further reduction in losses over the next two years. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern are disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Wortham Jaques Limited. 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 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 28/02/2025 (received 19/01/2026, 22 days after the 28/12/2025 due date); year ending 28/02/2023 (received 21/01/2024, 24 days after the 28/12/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Rachel Doherty
• Isobel Sarah Court
• Neil Timothy Gill
• Rob Luke
• Tracy Bennellick

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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