THE ROYAL THEATRICAL SUPPORT TRUST

Registered charity 254671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE TRUST, THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE TRUST, THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED

Raising funds and making grants in support of the charity's charitable objects which are specifically restricted to the fostering and advancement of the public knowledge, experience and appreciation of theatre and drama at every level of performance and audience.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOSTERING AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND APPRECIATION OF THEATRE AND DRAMA AT EVERY LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE AND AUDIENCE, INCLUDING:(1) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OF ALL KINDS:(A) TO NEW OR ESTABLISHED THEATRE COMPANIES;(B) FOR TRANSFERS AND TOURS OF THEATRICAL WORKS OF DISTINCTION TO ENABLE WIDER PUBLIC ACCESS;(C) TO EMERGING THEATRE PERFORMERS, PLAYWRIGHTS AND OTHER THEATRE PRACTITIONERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PRODUCERS, DIRECTORS, DESIGNERS, MANAGERS AND TECHNICIANS; AND(D) FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN THE THEATRICAL ARTS; AND(2) THE FOSTERING AND PROMOTION OF THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND APPRECIATION OF THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER MAJOR INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED DRAMATISTS

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: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £23,510 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £56,736. The trustees note that the charity currently has no employees, rental obligations, or other fixed overheads, and therefore does not maintain a formal reserves policy. The charity is eligible for independent examination rather than audit under the small companies' regime.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Royal Theatrical Support Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR GEOFFREY ARTHUR CASSchair
• Hannah Claire Crowther
• JONATHAN STEWART LANE MA FRICS
• MARK RICHARD HAWES
• MIRANDA CAROLINE CASS
• MRS LIZZIE GEFFEN
• NEIL CONSTABLE
• SIR IAN MURRAY MCKELLEN CBE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNITY THEATRE TRUST.

• UNITY THEATRE TRUST income £228k
• THE ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE FOUNDATION income £394k
• RAOS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY income £117k
• THE ROYAL THEATRICAL FUND income £679k
• TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £2.9m
• COMPANY THREE THEATRE income £554k

Side by side with its peers

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