GEESE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 327563 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALBATROSS ARTS PROJECT, GEESE THEATRE COMPANY

THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY OF THE COMPANY IS THE REDUCTION OF CRIME AND RECIDIVISM BY THE PROVISION OF THEATRICAL ACTIVITIES

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE TO AID REHABILITATION, PREVENT RECIDIVISM AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OF PRISONERS, THOSE ON PROBATION, EX-OFFENDERS AND OTHERS WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED SOCIALLY VULNERABLE AND/ OR MARGINAL AND/ OR AT RISK, AS WELL AS THOSE WORKING WITH THESE GROUPS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES AND OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £54,213 and holds unrestricted reserves of £221,010, which the trustees note represent just over 4.5 months of planned expenditure. The trustees and auditor confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Feltons. 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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 07/02/2025, 7 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02182104

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.

• VICKERS, Alison Charlotte — director, appointed 17/12/2024on trustee list
• DONNELLY, Laura — director, appointed 17/12/2024on trustee list
• TRIGGS, David — director, appointed 17/12/2024on trustee list
• SARAI, Kam Singh — director, appointed 09/07/2018on trustee list
• FRITH, Philippa Joy — director, appointed 25/09/2017on trustee list
• HALL, Peter John Kobina — director, appointed 20/10/2014on trustee list
• BAIM, Clark — director, appointed 19/10/2011on trustee list
• LOWNES, Iain James — director, appointed 27/07/1999on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (51% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter John Kobina Hallchair
• Alison Charlotte Vickers
• CLARK BAIM
• David Triggs
• IAIN JAMES LOWNES
• Kam Singh Sarai
• Laura Donnelly
• PHILIPPA JOY FRITH

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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