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WOMENS PLAYHOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 286384 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WAPPING PROJECT, WOMEN'S PLAYHOUSE PROJECT LIMITED, WPT

To promote, maintain, improve and advance education and to foster appreciation of the Arts in the theatre and other associated audio, visual and mechanical arts.

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Latest income
£119k
Latest spending
£215k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £998,242 at the end of the financial year, a decrease from the previous year's £1,105,493. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future and note that systems are in place to mitigate major risks, despite a net outgoing resource of £96,486 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Marta Michalowska was remunerated £62,056
“During the year, Marta Michalowska was remunerated £62,056 (2024: £58,950) through payroll for the running and management of the charitable activities of the company.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amount owed to subsidiary
“At the balance sheet date, the charitable company owed £1,116,426 (2024: £1,123,407) to Wapping Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Womens Playhouse Trust.” — page 33
“At the balance sheet date, the charitable company was owed £337,114 (2024: £337,114) from Wapping Restaurants Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Womens Playhouse Trust.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amount owed by subsidiary
“At the balance sheet date, the charitable company owed £1,116,426 (2024: £1,123,407) to Wapping Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Womens Playhouse Trust.” — page 33
“At the balance sheet date, the charitable company was owed £337,114 (2024: £337,114) from Wapping Restaurants Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Womens Playhouse Trust.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bahrain · Canada · Denmark · Finland · Germany · Northern Ireland · Oman · Scotland · Throughout London · United Arab Emirates · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£119k£215k
31/03/2024£40k£199k
31/03/2023£28k£225k
31/03/2022£150k£197k
31/03/2021£64k£86k

Common questions

Is WOMENS PLAYHOUSE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £998,242 at the end of the financial year, a decrease from the previous year's £1,105,493. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future and note that systems are in place to mitigate major risks, despite a net outgoing resource of £96,486 for the year. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND3£24k
THE COPPING JOYCE FOUNDATION1£1.1m
AKO FOUNDATION1£750k
VERONICA AND LARS BANE FOUNDATION CIO1£499k
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION1£118k
THE BLANES TRUST1£70k
CATKIN PUSSYWILLOW CHARITABLE TRUST1£65k
THE PHILIP MARSDEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£27k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMPSTEAD THEATRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOMENS PLAYHOUSE TRUST£119k——unclear—no doubt
HAMPSTEAD THEATRE LIMITED FY2025£6.0m——unclear—no doubt
WOKINGHAM THEATRE FY2025£281k—0unclear—no doubt
WILTSHIRE CREATIVE FY2025£5.5m£110,001 - £120,000—unclear—no doubt
SOUTH LONDON THEATRE CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£183k—0below—no doubt
WOMEN AND THEATRE (BIRMINGHAM) LIMITED FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt

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