CCEW Charity Commission profile

NOEL COWARD ARCHIVE TRUST

Registered charity 1167352 · organisation 5076669

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Trust
Registered
25 May 2016
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income
£128,870
Latest expenditure
£206,824
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: The Barbon Buildings, 14 Red Lion Square, LONDON, WC1R 4QH

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Noel Coward Archive Trust is a UK charity, running alongside The Noel Coward Archive US Inc in the US. The Trust aims to generate creative energy around Noel Cowards Archive to allow people from all generations and backgrounds to feel inspired by the positive force that Coward and his contemporaries had upon theatre and the arts.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received
17 December 2025
Date Accounts Received
17 December 2025
Total Gross Income
£128,870
Total Gross Expenditure
£206,824
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received
5 September 2024
Date Accounts Received
5 September 2024
Total Gross Income
£493,481
Total Gross Expenditure
£152,244
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received
25 October 2023
Date Accounts Received
25 October 2023
Total Gross Income
£118,000
Total Gross Expenditure
£228,841
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received
14 December 2022
Date Accounts Received
14 December 2022
Total Gross Income
£308,253
Total Gross Expenditure
£204,340
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received
9 November 2021
Date Accounts Received
9 November 2021
Total Gross Income
£198,049
Total Gross Expenditure
£254,917

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 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Due Date
31 January 2026
Ar Received Date
17 December 2025
Total Gross Income
£128,870
Total Gross Expenditure
£206,824
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
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Due Date
31 January 2025
Ar Received Date
5 September 2024
Total Gross Income
£493,481
Total Gross Expenditure
£152,244
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
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Due Date
31 January 2024
Ar Received Date
25 October 2023
Total Gross Income
£118,000
Total Gross Expenditure
£228,841
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
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Due Date
31 January 2023
Ar Received Date
14 December 2022
Total Gross Income
£308,253
Total Gross Expenditure
£204,340
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
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any 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
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Due Date
31 January 2022
Ar Received Date
9 November 2021
Total Gross Income
£198,049
Total Gross Expenditure
£254,917
Charity Raises Funds From Public
No
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 Area Of Operation

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
306
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Services
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
109
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Arts/culture/heritage/science

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
NOEL COWARD ARCHIVE TRUST
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
2016-05-25T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
TRUST DEED DATED 01 DEC 2015 as amended on 09 Jan 2024
Charitable Objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, ARTS, CULTURE, THEATRE AND HERITAGE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE, WHETHER IN ENGLAND OR ELSEWHERE, OF A PHYSICAL ARCHIVE (AND DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS AND VERSIONS OF SUCH ARCHIVE) WITH PURPOSE OF CONSERVING, CATALOGUING AND MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR STUDY AND RESEARCH, MATERIALS THAT ILLUSTRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CULTURAL IMPACT OF SIR NOEL COWARD;SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ARTS OF DRAMA, THEATRE AND LITERATURE AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Policy Name
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Policy Name
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Policy Name
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures