SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY

Charity number: 1042870
Charity reporting is up to date (28 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Southwark Playhouse is a leading London theatre venue that presents a year round programme of work by new and emerging theatre artists and practitioners. Alongside this work the organisation offers a year round curriculum support programme working in a large number of Southwark schools, and a peer-led youth theatre for local young people (16-25) offering arts activities and training initiatives.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Lambeth
  • Southwark

Governance

Registration history:
  • 17 December 1994: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
TIM WOOD Chair 12 October 2011
None on record
Ken Hunt Trustee 01 July 2023
None on record
KAREN MCHUGH Trustee 23 August 2022
None on record
Helen Whitehouse Trustee 30 July 2019
None on record
GILES SEMPER Trustee 05 November 2013
None on record
KATHRYN LYLIE SERKIS Trustee
BACK CHAT THEATRE COMPANY
Received: On time
GLENN WELLMAN Trustee
THE TOPINAMBOUR TRUST
Received: On time
LAMBETH HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £1.50m £2.16m £3.24m £968.35k £1.50m
Total expenditure £1.02m £1.23m £952.61k £1.08m £1.51m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £300.59k £739.32k £123.78k £46.90k £2.00k
Income - Donations and legacies £648.62k £1.76m £143.22k £57.29k £36.44k
Income - Other trading activities £301.96k £136.57k £194.00k £278.91k £424.18k
Income - Charitable activities £545.15k £209.21k £325.00k £622.65k £1.00m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £661 £252 £129 £2.35k £25.87k
Income - Other £7.87k £52.11k £2.58m £7.15k £3.99k
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £712.59k £1.05m £750.53k £832.60k £1.19m
Expenditure - Raising funds £303.11k £181.78k £202.08k £245.22k £24.63k
Expenditure - Governance £0 £9.96k £0 £24.10k £11.00k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £298.92k

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £763.90k £2.81m £3.19m £3.43m £3.39m
Long-term investments £0 £100 £100 £0 £0
Other assets £976.40k £646.12k £2.30m £1.86m £2.18m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £763.27k £1.54m £1.30m £1.21m £1.51m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 28 November 2024 28 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 28 November 2024 28 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 05 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 05 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 11 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 11 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 28 July 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 28 July 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 21 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 21 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
77-85 NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY
LONDON
SE1 6BD
Phone:
02074070234