CLEVELAND INDEPENDENT THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 279690 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THEATRE HULLABALOO

Theatre Hullabaloo is a children's arts charity specialising in producing quality theatre and play for children and young people. In December 2017, we opened The Hullabaloo, a new specialist arts venue for children and families in Darlington.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Darlington, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £6,925 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £345,725 to £338,800. The trustees confirm that the general reserves of £90,187 are adequate to cover the minimum required reserve of £89,000, which is intended to sustain operations and cover costs if the company were to be dissolved. The charity is not required to be audited as its gross income was below the mandatory audit threshold.

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
• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01458421

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.

• FAWDINGTON, Amy — director, appointed 26/09/2025on trustee list
• CASE, Laura Rose — director, appointed 29/04/2025on trustee list
• TODD, Jamie Reece — director, appointed 19/02/2025on trustee list
• NAGARAJAN, Supriya — director, appointed 27/04/2021on trustee list
• COSTELLOE-FERGUSON, Michael John — director, appointed 24/11/2020not on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Kerami Susan — director, appointed 14/07/2020on trustee list

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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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Fawdington
• Helen Dummett
• Kerami Susan Roberts
• Laura Rose Case
• Michael Costelloe
• Supriya Nagarajan · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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