CENTRE FOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH LIMITED

Registered charity 701544 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C P R COMPANY LIMITED (CENTRE FOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH LTD), CPR

To advance the education of the general public in the understanding and appreciation of the arts, in particular the dramatic arts.

Objects

THE ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THE DRAMATIC ARTS AND INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DRAMATIC IMPROVISATION, LITERATURE, COSTUME DESIGN,SCENIC DESIGN, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC. TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF THEATRE AND TO SEEK TO MAKE SUCH ACTIVITIES RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

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 unrestricted funds stood at £38,386 at the year end, a decrease from the previous year's £42,680. The trustees note that reserves are needed to support operations during a period of fundraising for future programmes. They believe that raising additional unrestricted funds will provide sufficient resources in adverse conditions.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02315790

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.

• TOMLINSON, Roger — director, appointed 01/04/2022on trustee list
• LEWIS, Keith Malcolm — director, appointed 08/01/2016on trustee list
• VINCENTELLI, Moira Morven, Professor — director, appointed 01/04/2007on trustee list
• FREEMAN, Michael David — director, appointed 15/10/1999on trustee list
• OWEN, Thomas Roger, Dr — director, appointed 20/12/1994on trustee list
• GETHIN, Helen Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 27/09/2004

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR ROGER OWEN
• Keith Malcolm Lewis · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL DAVID FREEMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROF MOIRA VINCENTELLI
• Roger Tomlinson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEREDUR CENTRE.

• PEREDUR CENTRE income £200k
• DONCASTER PERFORMANCE VENUE LIMITED income £3.6m
• DPA PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY income £212k
• CENTRE FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM LIMITED income £529k
• THE COMPANY PRESENTS LIMITED income £36k
• LUCILLE GRAHAM TRUST LIMITED income £35k

Side by side with its peers

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