BENCH THEATRE

Registered charity 291935 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Plan, rehearse and stage dramatic plays in a variety of locations available to a diverse audience.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY FURTHERING THE DRAMATIC 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 generated an excess of income over expenditure of £6,905.32 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £35,687.46. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to fund 12 months of theatre rental, and the current unrestricted reserves significantly exceed the annual rental cost of £25,468. The charity has no fixed assets, no liabilities, and no restricted or endowment funds.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Havant Borough Community Lottery — “Havant Borough Council run the Havant Borough Community Lottery which supports good causes locally. Bench Theatre has been accepted as one o…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tasmin Halfordchair
• Andrew Caple
• Jonathan Paul Millington

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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