01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Trust
- Registered
- 14 February 2012
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 6 April 2024 – 5 April 2025
- Latest income
- £1,534,025
- Latest expenditure
- £4,769,371
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: NORTH HOUSE, 27 GREAT PETER STREET, LONDON, SW1P 3LN
02 Activities
What the charity does
Primary focus are projects in live performing arts, mainly theatre. Main areas of support are: consultant advice to help with the professional development of small scale arts organisations, assisting live arts projects involving disadvantaged children and young people, feasibility studies for capital projects and consultant advice on fundraising/case for support/recruiting development staff.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 5 February 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,534,025
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,769,371
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 5 February 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £22,515,761
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,724,167
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 5 February 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 4 March 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 4 March 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £7,185,652
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,221,533
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 5 February 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 3 February 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 3 February 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £3,128,647
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,397,523
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 5 February 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 December 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £4,471,757
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,136,986
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
- 6 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 5 February 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,534,025
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,769,371
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 5 February 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 16 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £22,515,761
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,724,167
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 5 February 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 4 March 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £7,185,652
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,221,533
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 5 February 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 3 February 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £3,128,647
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,397,523
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 5 February 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 17 December 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £4,471,757
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,136,986
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 5 February 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 January 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 7631238
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 1402787
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 9034025
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 7500000
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,769,371
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4769371
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 4471666
- Expenditure Governance
- 10435
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 287270
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £25,174,583
- Assets Total Fixed
- 20500000
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 20500000
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,379,714
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £705,131
- Assets Current Investment
- 5079148
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £25,174,583
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 705131
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £280,566
- Funds Endowment
- 25174583
- Funds Unrestricted
- 0
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 25174583
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 5 February 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 16 January 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 22121021
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 394740
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 22515761
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 22000000
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £5,724,167
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 5724167
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 5566418
- Expenditure Governance
- 157749
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 157749
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £20,909,929
- Assets Total Fixed
- 16000000
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 16000000
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,723,263
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £813,334
- Assets Current Investment
- 5640183
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £20,909,929
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 813334
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £83,080
- Funds Endowment
- 20909929
- Funds Unrestricted
- 0
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 20909929
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 5 February 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 4 March 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 7107286
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 78366
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 7185652
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 7107286
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,221,533
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4221533
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 4067979
- Expenditure Governance
- 153554
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 153554
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £4,118,335
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,039,167
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £920,832
- Assets Current Investment
- 4800285
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £4,118,335
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 920832
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £238,882
- Funds Endowment
- 4118335
- Funds Unrestricted
- 0
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 4118335
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 5 February 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 3 February 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3128088
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 559
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3128647
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 3128088
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,397,523
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4397523
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 4265990
- Expenditure Governance
- 131533
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 131533
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,154,216
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,960,092
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £805,876
- Assets Current Investment
- 1322966
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,154,216
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 805876
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £637,126
- Funds Endowment
- 1154216
- Funds Unrestricted
- 0
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1154216
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 6 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 5 April 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 5 February 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 17 December 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 4467552
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 4205
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4471757
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 4467552
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,136,986
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4136986
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 4136986
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 126459
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,423,092
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,078,441
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £655,349
- Assets Current Investment
- 497497
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,423,092
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 655349
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £2,105,944
- Funds Endowment
- 2423092
- Funds Unrestricted
- 0
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 2423092
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BACKSTAGE TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2012-02-14T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- TRUST DEED DATED 30 JAN 2012
- Charitable Objects
- THE TRUSTEES HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures