ART OF THE PUPPET LIMITED

Registered charity 276527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PUPPET THEATRE BARGE

Supporting the presentation of puppet shows to children and adults. Running puppet workshops for schools. Supporting the Puppet Theatre Barge productions. Supporting two trainee puppeteers annually. Contributions to the making of puppet productions.

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Latest income

£207k

Latest spending

£191k

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £16,196 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £72,845. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Free reserves are held at £50,345 to account for fluctuations in seasonal ticket sales and unforeseen circumstances.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 01386096

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.

BOTIC, Dunia — director, appointed 23/11/2023not on trustee list
HILTON, Clarice May — director, appointed 23/11/2023on trustee list
LEAHY, Rose — director, appointed 15/05/2020on trustee list
DOYLE, Andrew Joseph — director, appointed 21/05/2004on trustee list
PITT, Jeanette Frances — director, appointed 21/05/2004on trustee list
HUMPHREYS, Robert Angus Michael — secretary, appointed 15/05/2020

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW DOYLE
Clarice May Hilton
Dunja Botic
JEANETTE FRANCES PITT
Rose Leahy

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£207k	£191k
30/09/2024	£206k	£188k
30/09/2023	£204k	£217k
30/09/2022	£145k	£132k
30/09/2021	£129k	£115k

Common questions

Is ART OF THE PUPPET LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £16,196 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £72,845. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Free reserves are held at £50,345 to account for fluctuations in seasonal ticket sales and unforeseen circumstances. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ART OF THE PUPPET LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ART OF THE PUPPET LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND	FY2025	£5k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	2	£10k
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£543k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	1	£111k
THE FUNDING NETWORK	1	£35k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£10k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	1	£10k
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION	1	£8k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUNG PEOPLE'S PUPPET THEATRE.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S PUPPET THEATRE income £145k
NORWICH PUPPET THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £271k
PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED income £345k
ARTSWORK LIMITED income £1.9m
TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £2.9m
THEATRE-RITES income £278k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ART OF THE PUPPET LIMITED	£207k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUNG PEOPLE'S PUPPET THEATRE FY2025	£145k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
NORWICH PUPPET THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£271k	—	0	unclear	—	material uncertainty
PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED FY2025	£345k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTSWORK LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£2.9m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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