TALAWA THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 327362 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TALAWA, TALAWA THEATRE

Talawa's objectives during the year continued to be the promotion and advancement of culturally specific educational plays and drama. These included workshops and educational projects.

Objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE SINGING AND MUSIC.

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 reported a deficit of £156,750 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to unanticipated expenditure increases from sickness within the touring company. Per the trustees' report, cashflow was under pressure while awaiting Theatre Tax Relief payments, temporarily pushing free reserves below the optimal range. However, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity remains a going concern with resources adequate to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lindeyer Francis Ferguson Limited. 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 07/03/2025, 35 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (50% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anoushka Chakrapani · trustee of 1 other charity
• Chante Frazer
• Debbie Williams
• Diogo Alexandre Dos Santos Varela
• Ese Amaninefe Onome Tarimo
• James Dacre
• Kehryse Vanessa Johnson-Fraser
• Kojo Carl Frank Apeagyei
• Manmit Kaur Bhambra
• Naomi Danquah
• Nathan Picart
• Shaniqua Marie Benjamin
• Shonagh Alice Reid

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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