LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE LTD
Registered charity 297075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as E T C PRODUCTIONS LIMITED, LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE
Provide workshops both in performing and technical skills leading to full public productions. The youth theatre and workshops are free to those that take part. From our base at the Broadway Theatre we provide a thriving centre available to young people of all ages within LB Lewisham to participate without exclusion due to economic or social background.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £12,833 and holds total funds of £217,140. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are maintained at approximately four months of cash expenditure, which the directors consider an appropriate contingency level.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £130k; policy: approximately 4 months of the overall 2023/24 cash expenditure)
“Total carried forward funds current total 6 months running costs, with non-operational Reserves (defined as carried forward funds not designated) at the level of £130,000 currently totalling approximately 4 months of the overall 2023/24 cash expenditure. The directors consider this to be an appropriate level of reserves as at 31 August 2025 as a contingency against statutory obligations.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.
- MCKENNA, Gerard — director, appointed 23/06/2026on trustee list
- CHEN, Alice Yinghua — director, appointed 02/12/2024on trustee list
- GORDON, Louise Miranda — director, appointed 11/03/2024on trustee list
- LESLIE, Tyreke Andrew — director, appointed 15/12/2022on trustee list
- MUMFORD, Freneka Augusta — director, appointed 25/03/2022on trustee list
- THOMAS, Jamiel Anthony — director, appointed 07/02/2012not on trustee list
Official officers record.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)
Cost of raising funds
£13k
Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).
- Alice Yinghua Chen
- Freneka Mumford
- Gerard McKenna
- JAMEIL THOMAS
- Louise Gordon
- Monique Leonie Walker
- Tyreke Andrew Leslie
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Lewisham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £12,833 and holds total funds of £217,140. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are maintained at approximately four months of cash expenditure, which the directors consider an appropriate contingency level. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE LTD as a grant recipient include MAUDSLEY CHARITY, SIR WILLIAM BOREMAN'S FOUNDATION, SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST, THE HABERDASHERS' FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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