SWANSEA LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED

Registered charity 229640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DYLAN THOMAS THEATRE, SWANSEA LITTLE THEATRE, THE DYLAN THOMAS THEATRE

Swansea Little Theatre promotes drama in Swansea and surrounding district. We put on six major plays a year. We bring theatre to distant parts in our outreach programme. We have a regular youth theatre (7 - 18 yr olds). We enable other theatre groups, schools, drama groups to perform in a professional theatre environment. All members are volunteers.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ESTABLISH AND MANAGE A THEATRICAL COMPANY OF AMATEUR OR OTHER STATUS IN SWANSEA OR ELSEWHERE FOR THE PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC AT POPULAR PRICES OF SUCH THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, AS SHALL ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC TASTE.

Area of benefit: SWANSEA AND DISTRICT

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 achieved a net surplus of £5,082 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £116,675 and direct charitable expenditure of £111,593. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds increased to £273,162, while the charity faces ongoing physical challenges including a leaking roof and deteriorating building state, for which designated funds have been set aside for major refurbishment.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Abrahams
• Clare Owen
• FRANCES PURCHASE
• Jordan Struel White
• Robert Phillips
• Ryan Sizer
• SIMON MORGAN

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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• CENTRESTAGE PRODUCTIONS YOUTH THEATRE income £131k
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Side by side with its peers

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