THE THEATRICAL GUILD

Registered charity 206669 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE THEATRICAL LADIES GUILD OF CHARITY, THEATRICAL LADIES GUILD, TTG

The Theatrical Guild is the charity supporting Backstage and Front of House theatre staff across the UK - offering a range of financial grants, access to counselling or therapy, mid-career training opportunities, welfare advice and industry signposting.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£117k

Latest spending

£155k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,637,842, which exceed the total funds carried forward from the previous year. The trustees report adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to ensure that this level of need can be funded (held: £2.6m)

“The policy is therefore to maintain sufficient reserves to ensure that this level of need can be funded.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Theatrical Guild (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Claire Carriechair
Alan Hatton
Andrew Stephen John Grant
Bridget Hayward · trustee of 1 other charity
Cassandra Philippa Lyons
Claire Cartwright
Elizabeth May Cooper
Emma Rosalind Laugier Davies
Hugh Sachs
Mark Christopher Hunt
Paul Frederick Stephen
Rachel Lucy Kavanaugh
Robin Rudd Townley

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£117k	£155k
31/12/2024	£172k	£158k
31/12/2023	£133k	£150k
31/12/2022	£162k	£147k
31/12/2021	£380k	£307k

Common questions

Is THE THEATRICAL GUILD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,637,842, which exceed the total funds carried forward from the previous year. The trustees report adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE THEATRICAL GUILD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE THEATRICAL GUILD as a grant recipient include ACTING FOR OTHERS, THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION, MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
ACTING FOR OTHERS	FY2025	£25k
THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£2k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£1k