THE COMEDY TRUST

Charity number: 1093264
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Runs Community, Education and Mental Health and Wellbeing programmes throughout the year across Merseyside, NW England and the UK including the annual Liverpool Comedy Festival. The main focus is the ground breaking mental health and well-being programmes that aim to improve health and well-being, boost confidence, self-esteem and help to eradicate the stigma surrounding mental illness.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 April 2024

Total income: £94,564
Total expenditure: £94,212

Total income includes £16,250 from 1 government grant(s)

People

7 Trustee(s)

10 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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Cheshire East
  • Cheshire West & Chester
  • Knowsley
  • Lancashire
  • Liverpool City
  • Sefton
  • St Helens
  • Wirral
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 August 2002: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • THE LIVERPOOL COMEDY TRUST (Previous name)
Company number:
04420032 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not 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
  • Internal charity financial controls 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
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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
GILLIAN MILLER Chair
None on record
Freya Elizabeth Jones Trustee 02 July 2024
None on record
Dr Marie Caslin Trustee 18 June 2024
None on record
Stacey Lian Lavery Trustee 01 May 2024
None on record
Kevin William Heywood Trustee 01 May 2024
None on record
Iain Duncan Christie Trustee 16 February 2017
None on record
KEVIN DUNN Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/04/2020 30/04/2021 30/04/2022 30/04/2023 30/04/2024
Total gross income £75.54k £73.13k £65.48k £57.39k £94.56k
Total expenditure £95.64k £57.66k £74.57k £82.67k £94.21k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £23.99k £22.79k £22.41k £34.83k £16.25k

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 April 2024 19 February 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2024 19 February 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2023 29 February 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2023 29 February 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2022 01 March 2023 1 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2022 01 March 2023 1 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2021 24 February 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2021 24 February 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2020 07 May 2021 68 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2020 07 May 2021 68 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 18 APRIL 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 8 JULY 2002

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC OF LIVERPOOL OF WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, DISCUSSION FORUMS AND WRITING COMPETITIONS FOR SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHERWISE IN THE ART OF COMIC WRITING, PERFORMANCE AND MOVEMENT WHETHER BY LIVE PERFORMANCE, RADIO,CINEMA, TELEVISION OR ANY OTHER RELATED MEDIA

Area of benefit

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

LIVERPOOL AND ITS SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

Contact information

Address:
Royal Court Theatre
1 Roe Street
Liverpool
L1 1HL
Phone:
0151 702 5893
Email:
info@thecomedytrust.com
Website:

www.thecomedytrust.com Open in new window