THE PLAYHOUSE BACKWELL

Registered charity 293300 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BACKWELL PLAYHOUSE

The Playhouse provides a venue and facilities incorporating a 99 seat auditorium for theatre, film and dance. In addition to audience performances, it offers tuition, training and rehearsal space for both adults and children.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE GROUP SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF DRAMA AND LITERATURE AND TO MAINTAIN THE PLAYHOUSE, BACKWELL AS A THEATRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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: North Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the committee worked to keep the Playhouse financially healthy, achieving capital expenditure in excess of £48,000 funded by grants and donations. The auditor confirmed the accounts bear a true and accurate reflection of the financial state of the theatre. The trustees reported that group funds are being effectively managed and all legal requirements have been met.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Catherine Jones (AAT level 3). Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints 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
• Social media 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew MIlton
• Les Wharram

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

Operates in: North Somerset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PLAY HOUSE (B'HAM) LTD.

• THE PLAY HOUSE (B'HAM) LTD income £167k
• THE OXFORD PLAYHOUSE TRUST income £5.3m
• SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY income £1.8m
• THE PLAYGROUND THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £212k
• WOMENS PLAYHOUSE TRUST income £119k
• THE CRUDWELL VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND income £48k

Side by side with its peers

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