THE LACE MARKET THEATRE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 506730 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LACE MARKET THEATRE

to promote education particularly by the provision of facilities for the production of educational plays and the encouragement of the arts and to preserve the building of historical and architectural interest known as the Lace Market Theatre

Objects

(I) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING; AND (II) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE BUILDING OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST SITUATE IN HALIFAX PLACE IN THE CITY OF NOTTINGHAM KNOWN AS "THE LACE MARKET THEATRE".

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 achieved a net surplus of £57,945 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £213,183 and unrestricted free reserves of £525,234. The trustees confirm the charity is financially self-sufficient and prepared on a going concern basis, noting that resources are adequate to continue operations.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01323050 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lace Market Theatre (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• DRIVER, Nicole — director, appointed 18/08/2026on trustee list
• PYKE, Jane Elizabeth — director, appointed 22/03/2026on trustee list
• HALEY, Charles Bernard — director, appointed 14/10/2025on trustee list
• COLEMAN, Christopher — director, appointed 05/08/2025on trustee list
• RAYNER, Emma Louise — director, appointed 16/03/2025on trustee list
• MARRIOTT, Jacqueline — director, appointed 16/03/2025on trustee list
• VIRK, Gurmej — director, appointed 24/03/2024on trustee list
• MORRIS, Gareth Mark — director, appointed 22/03/2015on trustee list
• HOGARTH, Philip — director, appointed 25/03/2012on trustee list
• GALE, Nicholas — director, appointed 09/05/2003not on trustee list
• CROSTON, Nevil Edmund — director, appointed 17/03/1999not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Gareth Mark Morrischair
• Charles Bernard Haley
• Christopher Coleman
• Emma Louise Rayner
• Gurmej Virk
• Jacqueline Nicola Marriott
• Jane Pyke
• MR NICH GALE
• Nevil Croston LLB
• Nicole Driver
• PHILIP HOGARTH

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

Operates in: Nottingham City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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