THE BARN THEATRE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 284143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Present public productions of plays, musicals etc. - normally 12 shows a season, plus music and comedy nights throughout the year Train people in all aspects of theatre. Run 5 youth groups who learn stagecraft & public performance & we work closely with local schools and colleges to whom we offer workshops & low-cost tickets. Maintain & develop a Grade II listed building.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY 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.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £69,104 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £255,086 against expenditure of £185,982. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £166,976 in net current assets, which they consider adequate to fund day-to-day activities and meet their policy of holding six months' operating expenses. The charity has no employees and relies on volunteers, with a strong balance sheet supported by £740,286 in fixed assets.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Henry Haynes Majorchair
• Barbara Ellen Holgate - Stuckey
• Celia Jane Roberts
• Danny Swanson
• Jacqueline Paterson Clayton
• Lisa Jane Harrison
• MICHAEL JOHN MERRY
• Nigel Kenneth Rive
• SOFIA JERICO OLIVA DUARTE
• Sarah Jane Gennoe
• Sheila Grimmant

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BARN THEATRE PROJECT.

• THE BARN THEATRE PROJECT income £2.5m
• THE SEWELL BARN THEATRE TRUST FUND income £58k
• BENCH THEATRE income £38k
• BRIGHTON THEATRE GROUP income £207k
• SCARBOROUGH THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £3.1m
• WHARF THEATRE income £103k

Side by side with its peers

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