THE TILLETT TRUST

Registered charity 257329 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main objectives of the Charity are the promotion and advancement of education and in particular musical education and the encouragement of the arts including the arts of music, drama mime dancing and singing.

Objects

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY MUSICAL EDUCATION AND TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF MUSIC DRAMA MIME DANCING AND SINGING.

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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Registered contact address: Folkestone and Hythe, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£241k
Latest spending
£49k
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £886,087, a level the trustees consider sufficient to maintain activities for three to six months of expenditure. The trust reported a net surplus for ordinary activities of £191,970 and holds no employees or defined-benefit pension deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: £886k)
“It is the policy of the trust that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 4
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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2023 (received 31/07/2024, 1 day after the 30/07/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£241k£49k
30/09/2024£55k£61k
30/09/2023£49k£64k
30/09/2022£38k£40k
30/09/2021£67k£38k

Common questions

Is THE TILLETT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £886,087, a level the trustees consider sufficient to maintain activities for three to six months of expenditure. The trust reported a net surplus for ordinary activities of £191,970 and holds no employees or defined-benefit pension deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE TILLETT TRUST£241k—0above—no doubt
HEBDEN BRIDGE LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED FY2025£60k—0unclear—no doubt
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£434k—0above—no doubt
TEDDINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£45k—0unclear—no doubt
TIN ARTS LIMITED FY2025£652k£49,8900unclear—no doubt
THEATR CLWYD MUSIC TRUST LTD FY2025£876k—0below—no doubt

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