THE BANCROFT PLAYERS

Registered charity 283439 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the Society shall be to educate the public in the arts, particularly the dramatic arts and to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY THE DRAMATIC ARTS AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATON AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £25,849 for the year ended 30th June 2025, compared to a deficit in the prior year. Total assets stood at £1,836,651, primarily consisting of the building valued at £1,770,000, with unrestricted reserves closing at £25,849. The filing notes that the audit requirement did not apply and was subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elliott James Peter Lawrence Bunkerchair
• Alison Jean Hancock
• CHRIS LANE
• Claudia Jane O'Connell
• Lewis Sheridan John Buchanan Clarke
• Mark Richard Weatherbed · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicola Jayne Pope
• VIVIEN JANE KERR · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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• BATH OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £149k
• THE PRIMARY SHAKESPEARE COMPANY income £522k
• HODDESDON (COMMUNITY) SOCIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD. income £319k

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