CARLTON LITTLE THEATRE TRUST

Registered charity 508384 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects are to promote the advancement and improvements of the general education in relation to all aspects of the arts or drama and the development of public appreciation of such arts.This is achieved by the provision of amateur theatre for the benefit of the local community.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE ART OF DRAMA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART.

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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Registered contact address: Wirral, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £12,408 for the year ended 30 June 2025. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £6,207 are below the stated policy target of approximately £16,500, although the trustees have secured additional grant funding since the year end. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months.

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 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN PETER DICKSONchair
• Alex Daniel Ray
• Georgie Grogan-Morrell
• Kathleen Griggs
• Laura Smith
• Lorraine Langerhuizen

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• SCARBOROUGH THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £3.1m
• KIRKLEES THEATRE TRUST income £1.8m
• BOLTON LITTLE THEATRE LIMITED income £94k
• GLADSTONE THEATRE TRUST income £386k
• THE OPEN THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £903k
• THEATRE WORKS income £159k

Side by side with its peers

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