LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE LTD — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 28 June 1991
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 02135342
Financial period: 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
Latest income: £396,819
Latest expenditure: £383,986
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 436 Lewisham High Street, LONDON, SE13 6LJ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.lewishamyouththeatre.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Provide workshops both in performing and technical skills leading to full public productions. The youth theatre and workshops are free to those that take part. From our base at the Broadway Theatre we provide a thriving centre available to young people of all ages within LB Lewisham to participate without exclusion due to economic or social background.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 12 March 2026
Date Accounts Received: 12 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £396,819
Total Gross Expenditure: £383,986

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 9 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 9 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £458,164
Total Gross Expenditure: £430,618

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 8 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 8 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £590,111
Total Gross Expenditure: £576,763

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 11 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 11 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £441,999
Total Gross Expenditure: £386,626

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 16 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 16 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £240,321
Total Gross Expenditure: £220,343

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2026
Ar Received Date: 12 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £396,819
Total Gross Expenditure: £383,986
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £11
Income From Government Grants: £81,351
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 19

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Received Date: 9 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £458,164
Total Gross Expenditure: £430,618
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £9
Income From Government Grants: £113,375
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Received Date: 8 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £590,111
Total Gross Expenditure: £576,763
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £144,970
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 17

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Received Date: 11 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £441,999
Total Gross Expenditure: £386,626
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: £10
Income From Government Grants: £121,300
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 18

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £240,321
Total Gross Expenditure: £220,343
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: £6
Income From Government Grants: £78,799
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 39

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Received Date: 8 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 567835
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 21158
Income Investments: 1118
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 590111
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £13,115
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £563,648
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 576763
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 3904
Expenditure Support Costs: 200193
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £120,000
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £268,306
Assets Total Liabilities: £91,545
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £176,761
Creditors One Year Total Current: 91545
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £267,967
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 176761
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 176761
Count Employees: 10
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Lewisham
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE LTD
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1991-06-28T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/05/1987AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12/02/2016
Charitable Objects: TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGE THE APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS IN ALL THEIR ASPECTS BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PRESENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SONG, MUSIC, LITERATURE AND POETRY AND TO FORMULATE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREOF.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 162813
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE

Charity Name Id: 162801
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: E T C PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Risk management