THE PORTSMOUTH PLAYERS

Registered charity 279453 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Amateur Dramatics in Portsmouth area

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS.

Area of benefit: PORTSMOUTH

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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Latest income

£131k

Latest spending

£131k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased slightly to £194,630, with unrestricted reserves rising to £57,024. This exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £50,000, which is defined as equivalent to the complete loss on one major production. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,061 for the year, driven by profits from most productions despite a small loss on one show.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £50,000 (held: £57k)

“The trustees therefore consider that holding a reserve of approximately £50,000 is sufficient for that purpose.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
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
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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Brian William Johnson
Charles Frame
Hannah Douglas
Joanna Mary Alldridge
Katharine Guthrie

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Portsmouth City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£131k	£131k
31/12/2024	£66k	£36k
31/12/2023	£99k	£115k
31/12/2022	£97k	£114k
31/12/2021	£42k	£35k

Common questions

Is THE PORTSMOUTH PLAYERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased slightly to £194,630, with unrestricted reserves rising to £57,024. This exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £50,000, which is defined as equivalent to the complete loss on one major production. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,061 for the year, driven by profits from most productions despite a small loss on one show. 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
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	1	£676k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	1	£143k
CURIOUS MINDS	1	£38k
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHPORT DRAMATIC CLUB.

SOUTHPORT DRAMATIC CLUB income £490k
PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS CHARITY income £963k
POOLE & PARKSTONE PRODUCTIONS income £100k
Theatre Porto income £572k
THE NEW THEATRE ROYAL-TRUSTEES (PORTSMOUTH) LIMITED income £1.4m
UNITY THEATRE TRUST income £228k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PORTSMOUTH PLAYERS	£131k	—	above	—	no doubt
SOUTHPORT DRAMATIC CLUB FY2025	£490k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS CHARITY FY2025	£963k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
POOLE & PARKSTONE PRODUCTIONS FY2025	£100k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Theatre Porto FY2025	£572k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NEW THEATRE ROYAL-TRUSTEES (PORTSMOUTH) LIMITED FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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