WAKEFIELD LITTLE THEATRE

Registered charity 512988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Amateur Dramatics

Objects

TO STIMULATE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE STUDY OF DRAMATIC ART AND FOR THIS PURPOSE TO PROMOTE COURSES AND STUDY-CLASSES. TO PROMOTE THE STUDY AND PERFORMANCE OF PLAYS AND OTHER DRAMATIC WORKS WHETHER BY WAY OF PRODUCTIONS, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PERFORMANCES, PLAY-READINGS, DRAMATIC FESTIVALS IN WAKEFIELD, OR AS OTHERWISE DECIDED FROM TIME TO TIME. TO PROVIDE OR FURTHER OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF A CIVIC THEATRE IN THE CITY OF WAKEFIELD.

Area of benefit: WAKEFIELD

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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Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£35k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £25,947 in unrestricted cash funds at the end of the period, with total receipts of £48,636 and total payments of £35,149. The trustees report that profits were made after accounting for all production costs during the year. The charity maintains a reserves policy of keeping £10,000 as a provision for property upkeep.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £10,000 provision for property upkeep (held: £26k)
“we keep £10K as a provision for the upkeep of the property.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnsley · City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£44k£35k
31/03/2024£40k£36k
31/03/2023£35k£37k
31/03/2022£8k£6k
31/03/2021£15k£6k

Common questions

Is WAKEFIELD LITTLE THEATRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £25,947 in unrestricted cash funds at the end of the period, with total receipts of £48,636 and total payments of £35,149. The trustees report that profits were made after accounting for all production costs during the year. The charity maintains a reserves policy of keeping £10,000 as a provision for property upkeep. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.