HITCHIN THESPIANS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 29 October 1991
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £65,229
Latest expenditure: £64,565
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Woodside Hall, Walsworth Road, HITCHIN, SG4 9SP

Website recorded by the regulator: www.hitchinthespians.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To educate the public in the dramatic ands operatic arts to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts, to assist and futher such charitable institutions and charitable purposes as the Committee shall from time to time determine;

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 7 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 7 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £65,229
Total Gross Expenditure: £64,565

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 10 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 10 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £48,991
Total Gross Expenditure: £48,031

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 7 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 7 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £55,850
Total Gross Expenditure: £32,671

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 31 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £37,483
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,347

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 22 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 22 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £31,639
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,086

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 7 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £65,229
Total Gross Expenditure: £64,565
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 175

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 10 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £48,991
Total Gross Expenditure: £48,031
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 85

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 7 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £55,850
Total Gross Expenditure: £32,671
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 92

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £37,483
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,347
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £2,667
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 91

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 22 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £31,639
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,086
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £18,241
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 79

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Hertfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: HITCHIN THESPIANS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1991-10-29T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 10TH. JUNE 1991, AMENDED 10TH. SEPTEMBER 1991 AND 16TH JUNE 2004 as amended on 09 Jun 2005 as amended on 19 Jun 2014 as amended on 30 Mar 2017 as amended on 19 Jun 2018 as amended on 22 Jun 2022 as amended on 26 Jun 2025
Charitable Objects: TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS, TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Area Of Benefit: HITCHIN AND ADJOINING DISTRICTS

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 23184
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: HITCHIN THESPIANS AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures