PASCAL THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 291910 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Drama workshops for disadvantaged young people. Workshops for unemployed people which use drama techniques to help them find work. Working with volunteers to make accessible community theatre. Cooperating with other arts and educational organisations. Promoting New Writing. Creating projects exploring heritage and history. Producing new plays. Producing play readings. Training volunteers.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF DRAMA AND OTHER AUDIO-VISUAL ARTS ASSOCIEATED WITH THE THEATRE.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£85k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £33,875 in unrestricted reserves, which is below its stated policy target of £54,000. The trustees confirm that the charity is able to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months. The charity reported a net income of £42,990 for the year ended 31 March 2026.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (65% of income)
“Total income 53,294 31,500 84,794” — page 8
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £34k; policy: Pascal Theatre Company aims to keep at least three months’ in reserves. This is calculated at minimum running costs of 18k monthly. Therefore we aim to have at least £54,000 reserves available.)
“As at the year end the company had £105,343 Restricted Reserves and £33,875 Unrestricted Reserves.” — page 6
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: J Pascal, a trustee, provided support services to the charity, and this donated unpaid time was in respect of drama workshops, theatrical/educational productions, fundraising and administration. This amounted to £30,000 (calculated at a nominal rate of £25 per hour), which has been included in donated services.
“During the year J Pascal, a trustee, provided support services to the charity, and this donated unpaid time was in respect of drama workshops, theatrical/educational productions, fundraising and administration. This amounted to £30,000 (calculated at a nominal rate of £25 per hour), which has been included in donated services.” — page 13
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 35

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 65
  • Government income: £38,744 — grants £38,744 (1); 52% of the £74,226 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 50

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 31/03/2023 (received 11/06/2024, 132 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 10/02/2023, 10 days after the 31/01/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£85k£42k
31/03/2025£74k£63k
31/03/2024£95k£118k
31/03/2023£78k£115k
31/03/2022£78k£115k

Common questions

Is PASCAL THEATRE COMPANY financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £33,875 in unrestricted reserves, which is below its stated policy target of £54,000. The trustees confirm that the charity is able to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months. The charity reported a net income of £42,990 for the year ended 31 March 2026. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PASCAL THEATRE COMPANY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PASCAL THEATRE COMPANY as a grant recipient include CAMDEN GIVING, SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT).

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CAMDEN GIVINGFY2021£5kEmergency COVID-19 Fund
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2023£1kcontribution towards a Manchester Girlhood play

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/05/2022£153k"WOMEN FOR WOMEN, THE BLOOMSBURY HERITAGE"
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2021£10kMOVEMENT FOR WOMEN IN ISOLATION
Greater London Authority01/11/2020£10kCONFIDENCE WORKS: Exercise for BAME women
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/08/2020£10k"COVID19 PASCAL THEATRE COMPANY"
Camden Giving08/06/2020£5kPASCAL THEATRE COMPANY
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/10/2018£81k"Discovering and documenting England's lost Jews"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/03/2014£35k"South Bank stories: The way we worked 1980 to now"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/04/2012£95k"The Secret Listeners 1/2/12"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/02/2011£25k"Between East and West: The British Chinese"
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2010£10kHow Can I Tell Them I'm Gay
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2005£4kDrama workshops
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/05/2005£50k"Jewish Mothers and Daughters"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/01/2005£2k"Pascal Theatre Company Will Carry Out A Research Into The Generation Of War Veterans, Proceeding To Creative Workshops On World War Ll. From"
The National Lottery Community Fund30/12/2004£16kPerformance peace

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PEOPLE'S THEATRE COMPANY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PASCAL THEATRE COMPANY£85k—0below—no doubt
THE PEOPLE'S THEATRE COMPANY FY2026£91k—0unclear—no doubt
OPEN CLASP THEATRE COMPANY FY2026£362k—0unclear—no doubt
THEATRE WORKS FY2026£159k——above—no doubt
THE COMPANY PRESENTS LIMITED FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt
THE THEATRE COMPANY BLAH BLAH BLAH FY2025£81k—0unclear—no doubt

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