RIDING LIGHTS

Charity number: 1070142
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Productions, performances and special events - from small scale to major touring productions. Short films Youth Theatre Residential Summer School Special education projects Drama training and teaching

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2025

Total income: £455,442
Total expenditure: £483,331

People

10 Trustee(s)

25 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

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Religious Activities
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 23 June 1998: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • RIDING LIGHTS THEATRE COMPANY (Working name)
  • RLTC (Working name)
  • ROUGHSHOD (Working name)
Company number:
03573945 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
JOHN CHRISTOPHER EMMETT Chair 06 July 2015
ST ALBANS CURSILLO
Received: On time
Dr Rebecca Amy Benzie Trustee 13 May 2026
None on record
Joseph Simon Harmston Trustee 02 January 2025
None on record
ISrael Oyelumade Trustee 02 January 2025
None on record
Sally Maddison Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
Andrew James Bradley Trustee 29 March 2017
None on record
David John Lampitt Trustee 07 February 2017
YORK PHILHARMONIC MALE VOICE CHOIR (FLETCHER MEMORIAL CHOIR)
Received: On time
ANTONY DUNN Trustee 25 June 2012
None on record
SEAN MICHAEL HOWARD CAVANAGH Trustee
None on record
YVONNE PATRICIA LOUISE MORLEY-CHISHOLM Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024 31/08/2025
Total gross income £320.75k £369.91k £336.41k £337.44k £455.44k
Total expenditure £294.49k £302.45k £415.89k £420.19k £483.33k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A 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 31 August 2025 26 May 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2025 26 May 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2024 10 June 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 10 June 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 08 May 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 08 May 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 30 March 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 30 March 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 14 July 2022 14 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 14 July 2022 14 days late 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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2ND JUNE 1998 as amended on 06 Aug 2019

Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE DRAMATIC ARTS BY PROVIDING AND PRESENTING TO THE PUBLIC HIGH QUALITY PERFORMANCES OF THEATRE OPERA OPERETTA BALLET MUSICALS CINEMA AND OTHER PERFORMANCES WHICH ARE OF EDUCATIONAL CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY (B) TO TEACH TRAIN AND ENCOURAGE YOUNG ARTISTS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC ARTS (C) TO EXPLORE PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE DRAMATIC ARTS THE RELEVANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH TO CONTEMPORARY LIFE AND ITS POTENTIAL TO EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
Riding Lights Theatre Co
Friargate Theatre
Lower Friargate
YORK
YO1 9SL
Phone:
01904 655317
Email:
info@rltc.org
Website:

www.ridinglights.org Open in new window