RENT-A-ROLE DRAMA SERVICE

Registered charity 801689 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARBICAN THEATRE, THE BARBICAN THEATRE, PLYMOUTH

i. To promote the education of young people under the age of twenty-five through the medium of dramaii. To relieve those persons with special needs through the medium of dramaiii. To promote the education of young people in the art and science of theatre and dramaiv. To work with disadvantaged individuals and communities using theatre as a tool for social change

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-FIVE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF DRAMA.(B) TO RELIEVE THOSE PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF DRAMA.(C) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF THE THEATRE AND DRAMA

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: Plymouth, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £58,904 for the year, with total income of £508,384 and expenditure of £567,288. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves have decreased to £138,419 due to financial pressures, though the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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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 31/03/2023 (received 22/07/2024, 173 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 9.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Lee
• Christine Lesley Shorrocks
• Gina Small
• Stuart Tulloch Thomas

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Plymouth City · Somerset · Torbay

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW DIORAMA.

• NEW DIORAMA income £1.4m
• THE LOFT THEATRE COMPANY income £179k
• NATIONAL DRAMA income £28k
• THE COMPANY PRESENTS LIMITED income £36k
• STAGE 2 YOUTH THEATRE COMPANY income £178k
• THEATRE WORKS income £159k

Side by side with its peers

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