LINDLEY PLAYERS LIMITED

Registered charity 234288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PLAYHOUSE WHITSTABLE

General public entertainement/MankindProvision of Hobby pursuits on a voluntary basis

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS OF OPERA AND DRAMA IN ALL THEIR ASPECTS PROVIDING THAT NOTHING SHALL BE AN OBJECT OF THE COMPANY WHICH IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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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Latest income

£170k

Latest spending

£145k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £25,626 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £446,077. The trustees report that the charity is able to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity relies entirely on volunteers and has no paid staff or defined-benefit pension schemes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover major repairs and upgrades to the building infrastructure and roof when required which would not be covered by our business insurance policy, estimated to be in the region of £200,000 to £300,000 + vat. (held: £446k)

“our reserves are therefore maintained at a level sufficient to cover major repairs and upgrades to the building infrastructure and roof when required which would not be covered by our business insurance policy, estimated to be in the region of £200,000 to £300,000 + vat.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Amanda Hunt
Carol Lee
Nicholas Farrow

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£170k	£145k
31/12/2024	£170k	£110k
31/12/2023	£169k	£130k
31/12/2022	£103k	£81k
31/12/2021	£31k	£41k

Common questions

Is LINDLEY PLAYERS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £25,626 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £446,077. The trustees report that the charity is able to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity relies entirely on volunteers and has no paid staff or defined-benefit pension schemes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION	1	£100k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION	1	£68k
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£15k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£13k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	1	£5k
THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED.

HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED income £421k
LINDENLEAF CIO income £166k
LEEDS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £9.7m
FORCED ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED income £724k
PLOT IO COMMUNITY PLAY PROJECT income £266k
MALVERN THEATRES TRUST LIMITED income £7.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LINDLEY PLAYERS LIMITED	£170k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED FY2025	£421k	—	0	below	—	noted
LINDENLEAF CIO FY2025	£166k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LEEDS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£9.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FORCED ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED FY2025	£724k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PLOT IO COMMUNITY PLAY PROJECT FY2025	£266k	—	0	above	—	material uncertainty

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.