DAWLISH AMATEUR REPERTORY COMPANY

Registered charity 258203 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAWLISH REP, SHAFTESBURY THEATRE

The charity puts on a wide variety of drama productions at the Shaftesbury Theatre, Dawlish. It maintains the theatre for the benefit of the people of Dawlish and the surrounding district and makes it available for use by other organisations, including youth groups, schools, musical theatre, exhibitions, amateur and professional companies and other charities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE ART OF DRAMA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART. TO MAKE OCCASIONAL SMALL DONATIONS TO CHARITIES ESTABLISHED FOR OTHER OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: DAWLISH AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

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 reported a net profit of £2,506 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a loss in the previous year. Free/unrestricted reserves (cash and investments) stood at £127,646, which is above the stated policy target of £10,000. The trustees describe the financial position as healthy with no debts other than routine trade creditors.

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 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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Geoffrey Paine · trustee of 1 other charity
• Charlotte Joan Lillian Ewart
• Margaret Mary Swift · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Jane Goldsworthy
• Trevor Anthony Drinkall

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

Operates in: Devon

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