THE PUMP HOUSE THEATRE AND ARTS TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 265667 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide enhanced facilities for amateur and professional artists to use and develop artistic events, and accessible facilities to allow the local community to participate in and enjoy artistic/social activities. To support regular user groups. To encourage the involvement of people of all ages and backgrounds, without discrimination, in the arts.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC TO FORMULATE PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a stable financial position with unrestricted funds of £292,958 and a stated minimum cash reserve policy of £50,000. However, the trustees note that upward cost pressures driven by the economic climate add significant risks to future plans, and progress on facility improvements is currently limited by cash availability.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01095244

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Pump House (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• First Call Stress Free IT — “Corporate organisations and individuals who have signed up to our supporter membership scheme and provide much appreciated support: First Ca…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• STEVENS, James Richard — director, appointed 03/03/2025on trustee list
• MCCUSKER, Philip John — director, appointed 07/11/2022on trustee list
• COX, Andrew James — director, appointed 07/11/2022on trustee list
• BHUDIA, Dina — director, appointed 11/07/2022on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Alexander — director, appointed 06/12/2021on trustee list
• GRIFFIN, Sally Ann — director, appointed 07/12/2020on trustee list
• SADIE, Jonathan — director, appointed 03/09/2012on trustee list
• PIDGEON, Roger James — director, appointed 24/05/2010on trustee list
• BRAMELD, Jason Ian Newman — director, appointed 17/12/2001on trustee list
• FARMAN, Lee Darryl — director, appointed 02/02/1998on trustee list
• GRIFFIN, Sally Ann — secretary, appointed 06/12/2021

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• LEE DARRYL FARMANchair
• Alexander Williams
• Andrew James Cox
• DINA BHUDIA · trustee of 1 other charity
• JASON IAN NEWMAN BRAMELD
• JONATHAN SADIE
• Philip John McCusker
• ROGER JAMES PIDGEON
• Sally Ann Griffin

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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