LEICESTER DRAMA SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 214249 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE THEATRE

Leicester Drama Society is an amateur drama group which exists to encourage the study and practice of dramatic art and to promote and conduct theatrical performances. The Society owns and operates a theatre in Leicester city centre - The Little Theatre - where it stages 13 productions a year and provides a venue for other amateur societies and some professional shows.

Objects

TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY AND PRACTICES OF DRAMATIC ART AMONGST THE INHABITANTS OF LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE, AND TO PROMOTE AND CONDUCT THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, LECTURES, CONCERTS AND SUCH OTHER EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISES AS MAY TEND TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THIS OBJECT.

Area of benefit: LEICESTER AND ELSEWHERE

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: Leicester, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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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
• 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~20.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jurgen Strack
• Karen Font-Garcia
• Martin Scott
• Maureen Carberry
• Paul Daniel Beasley
• Pauline Robertson
• Professor Jennifer Anne Harding
• Sam Milton
• Susan Nicholson
• Thomas Young

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire

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Known funders

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