RICHMOND SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY

Charity Number: 276271
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Richmond Shakespeare Society is a local amateur theatre group, a member of the Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain. We operate two professionally run Youth Theatres covering the age groups 8-19 and run from our own premises.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024

Total income: £131,161
Total expenditure: £137,578

People

14 Trustee(s)

100 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

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

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Richmond Upon Thames
  • Surrey

Governance

Registration history:
  • 24 August 1978: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses 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

14 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Anthony Medawar Chair 14 October 2024
None on record
Arashveen O'Keeffe Trustee 26 February 2025
None on record
John Pyle Trustee 01 February 2025
None on record
Rosemary Bentley Trustee 16 December 2024
None on record
Geoffrey Warren Trustee 14 October 2024
None on record
Catherine Messum Trustee 14 October 2024
None on record
Charlotte Horobin Trustee 14 October 2024
None on record
Sasha Gascoine Trustee 09 October 2023
None on record
Charles James Phillips Trustee 09 October 2023
None on record
Rodney Figaro Trustee 10 October 2022
None on record
Eugene Allan Hertzman Trustee 11 October 2021
None on record
Marc Pearce Trustee 01 June 2021
None on record
Simon Bartlett Trustee 01 March 2021
None on record
Francis Abbott Trustee 09 October 2010
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2020 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024
Total gross income £231.68k £44.59k £527.70k £125.09k £131.16k
Total expenditure £80.83k £49.85k £86.41k £136.73k £137.58k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £10.00k £18.50k £2.67k N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies N/A N/A £457.58k N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A N/A £0 N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A N/A £69.21k N/A N/A
Income - Endowments N/A N/A £0 N/A N/A
Income - Investment N/A N/A £548 N/A N/A
Income - Other N/A N/A £364 N/A N/A
Income - Legacies N/A N/A £440.01k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A N/A £81.42k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A N/A £1.57k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A N/A £3.42k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A N/A £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A N/A £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A N/A £3.42k N/A N/A

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 30 June 2024 02 February 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 02 February 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 19 February 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 19 February 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2022 10 February 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 10 February 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2021 30 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 30 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2020 21 February 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2020 21 February 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

RULES ADOPTED 24/05/1978 AS AMENDED ON 06/07/1987 AS AMENDED ON 05/10/2009 AS AMENDED ON 05/10/2010 AS AMENDED ON 07/10/2013

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC OF THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE IN PARTICULAR AND POETRY GENERALLY WITHIN THE AREA OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

RICHMOND UPON THAMES

Contact information

Address:
MARY WALLACE THEATRE
THE EMBANKMENT
TWICKENHAM
TW1 3DU
Phone:
02087440547
Email:
secretary@rss-mwt.org.uk
Website:

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