CHELMSFORD THEATRE WORKSHOP

Registered charity 279361 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CTW

Provision of drama, acting, tutition and community theatre to members, to school communities, to those with special needs and to the general public

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE ART OF DRAMA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£38k

Latest spending

£27k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £158,705, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover a maximum of six months of running costs. The organization reported a net incoming resource of £10,485 for the year, resulting in an increase in total funds from the previous year. The trustees confirmed the charity is in a fairly strong financial position with no stated material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Total incoming resources 37,825”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months of running costs (held: £159k)

“The trustees consider that a maximum of six months running costs should be held”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Mark Alan Suttonchair
Catherine Kenton
Clare Woodward
James Michael Joseph Roe
Mark Preston
Matthew Evans
Rachel Curren
Robert Andrew Lambert
VICTOR RANSOME BENCE

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£38k	£27k
31/03/2024	£49k	£45k
31/03/2023	£48k	£52k
31/03/2022	£39k	£41k
31/03/2021	£45k	£29k

Common questions

Is CHELMSFORD THEATRE WORKSHOP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £158,705, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover a maximum of six months of running costs. The organization reported a net incoming resource of £10,485 for the year, resulting in an increase in total funds from the previous year. The trustees confirmed the charity is in a fairly strong financial position with no stated material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
BACKSTAGE TRUST	1	£210k
FRAZER TRUST	1	£5k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	1	£3k
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNITY THEATRE TRUST.

UNITY THEATRE TRUST income £228k
TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £2.9m
PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED income £345k
THEATRE DESIGN COURSE LIMITED income £100k
CHADS THEATRE COMPANY income £105k
THE ROYAL THEATRICAL SUPPORT TRUST income £88k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHELMSFORD THEATRE WORKSHOP	£38k	—	above	—	no doubt
UNITY THEATRE TRUST FY2025	£228k	—	above	—	no doubt
TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£2.9m	—	above	—	no doubt
PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED FY2025	£345k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THEATRE DESIGN COURSE LIMITED FY2025	£100k	—	below	—	no doubt
CHADS THEATRE COMPANY FY2025	£105k	—	above	—	no doubt

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