STAMFORD SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

Registered charity 273859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Main Activity-Performing the Works of William Shakespeare to the public.

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, AND 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.

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Registered contact address: Rutland, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £45,843 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds increasing to £1,719,400. The trustees consider the current level of reserves sufficient to meet all liabilities and ongoing expenditure, particularly during the winter period when no productions take place. The charity is not dependent on external funding to maintain its going concern status, as it has adequate resources and no material uncertainties were identified.

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
• Paying staff
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Stamford Shakespeare Company (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Natasha Louise Mary Jane Andrewchair
• CAROLINE LINDSEY STEPHENSON
• Clare Jane Rayner
• Hayley Sarah Beasley
• Janem Elizabeth Shelton
• Kathryn Esther Wanless
• Patrick John Turnham
• SANDRA GEORGINA PARSONS
• THOMAS DAVID JOHNSON · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PRIMARY SHAKESPEARE COMPANY.

• THE PRIMARY SHAKESPEARE COMPANY income £522k
• THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON income £82.0m
• Shakespeare at the Towers Trust income £58k
• DERBY SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY income £55k
• THE COMPANY OF FOUR MUSICAL THEATRE SOCIETY income £95k
• THE BRITISH SHAKESPEARE ASSOCIATION income £31k

Side by side with its peers

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