THE ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH THEATRE TECHNICIANS

Registered charity 282069 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4809668 · Wikipedia · also known as A B T T

The association is dependent upon voluntary help in advocating high technical standards for theatres, publications, meetings, conferences, post-entry training, volunteer technical committees, visits, liaison with government and other organisations, research demonstrations, exhibitions, the provision of information and the exchange of ideas and address issues about theatre planning and safety.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE TECHNICAL SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE THEATRE AND THEATRICAL PRESENTATION AND THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF GOOD THEATRE DESIGN AND TECHNICAL PRESENTATION OF THEATRICAL WORKS.

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: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a consolidated surplus of £145,757, driven primarily by trading activities which accounted for over 83% of total income. Unrestricted reserves increased to £659,184, a level the trustees consider sufficient to meet immediate objectives and provide financial flexibility. The organization maintains a going concern status with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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 3 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 19/02/2025, 111 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 24/12/2022, 54 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anette Ollerearnshaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anna Louise Pringle Anderson Fox
• Benjamin Charles Stephen
• David John Paul Evans
• Dr Emma Lucy Wilson
• Katina Ann Ellis
• Louise Ann Birchall
• Mark Janak Dakin
• Oliver Martin Brown
• Ruth Frances Normington
• Suzy Peta Boulton-Somerville

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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