ROUNDABOUT

Registered charity 297491 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Roundabout provides educational, artistic and psychological benefits to a wide range of disadvantaged people in London and the surrounding areas, through the provision of a Dramatherapy service. We work with people of all ages and abilities, in weekly Dramatherapy sessions. All our Dramatherapists are qualified, experienced, registered with the Health Professions Council and CRB checked.

Objects

(I) TO RELIEVE AND REHABILITATE PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL, MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED OR WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE THROUGH THE USE OF DRAMA AND MOVEMENT THEREAPY AND (II) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE USE OF SUCH THERAPY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE GLA

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £212,037, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy target of three months of expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £4,731 for the year, with total incoming resources of £589,679 against total resources expended of £584,948.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Roundabout (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RODGER WINNchair
• BRONWEN KENT
• David Taylor
• Ellen Da Silva
• Farzana Khattun El-Syed
• Jane Louise Barron
• MARK STANLEY
• Roya Dooman

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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