NEWPORT PLAYGOERS' SOCIETY

Registered charity 232628 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q56181782 · also known as NEWPORT PLAYERGOERS' SOCIETY, THE DOLMAN THEATRE

Stimulate an interest in and a study of the Drama and the dramatic art and to support all that is best in the theatre. To prevent modern plays of great merit from falling into oblivion. To produce new plays. To stimulate the art of acting and the technical skills associated with dramatic productions. To support charities and other associations formed for charitable and educational purposes.

Objects

TO STIMULATE AN INTEREST IN AND A STUDT OF THE DRAMA AND THE DRAMATIC ART, AND TO SUPPORT ALL THAT IS BEST IN THE THEATRE AND WITH THIS OBJECT IN VIEW TO KEEP THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE IN ITS REPERTORY AND TO REVIVE WHATSO EVER ELSE IS VITAL IN ENGLISH CLASSICAL DRAMA

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Newport, Wales (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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% 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: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES PAUL REYNOLDSchair
• ALAN TROTT
• Alan Henshall
• Catherine Morgan
• ELEANOR RUBY ASTON
• Emma Louise McCarthy
• Hugh Moelwyn-Hughes
• James Hywel Barrett
• LYNN FRANCES PHILLIPS
• Rebecca Phillips
• STUART PETER FOUWEATHER
• Susan Burgess

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Cardiff · Cornwall · Newport City · Torfaen

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