ILMINSTER ENTERTAINMENTS SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 291977 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WAREHOUSE THEATRE ILMINSTER

The presentation of dramatic and musical art for the education of the public.

Objects

TO EDUCATE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL FORMS OF DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL ART, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRESENTATION OF LIVE AMATEUR PERFORMANCES.

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 a surplus of £28,724 for the year ended 31 July 2025, increasing its net assets to £495,360. The trustees report that the charity maintains a cash reserve policy of not less than £25,000 and considers there to be no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01882407

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ilminster Entertainments Society (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• SWAIN, Kirsty Louise — director, appointed 20/11/2025on trustee list
• HALLETT, Katharine — director, appointed 20/11/2025on trustee list
• LEWIS, Paul Anthony — director, appointed 20/11/2025on trustee list
• GRICE, Catherine Jane — director, appointed 14/10/2024on trustee list
• BUNYAN, Lucy Claire — director, appointed 21/09/2023on trustee list
• ISAAC, Kristina Joy — director, appointed 21/09/2023on trustee list
• DUNKLEY, Vernon Paul — director, appointed 21/09/2023on trustee list
• DE NOVELLIS, Giuseppina — director, appointed 29/09/2022not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £125k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Lucy Ann Driverchair
• Catherine Jane Grice
• David Alec Goodall
• Giuseppina de Novellis
• Katharine Hallett
• Kirsty Louise Swain
• Kristina Joy Isaac
• Lucy Claire Bunyan
• Paul Anthony Lewis
• Vernon Paul Dunkley

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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