The Big Fish Band
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The Big Fish Band (AKA Big Fish Arts Trust)is a volunteer run community group creating Arts and Heritage Events including Street theatre, Historic Research, Street band, drama & costume workshops, dramatised walks and plays based on local Historic events, Community opera, plays and films. We run Heritage Festivals, Lantern Parades and take part in Carnivals and festivals.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025
People
5 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Human Resources
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Kent
Governance
- 02 June 2008: Standard registration
- Big Fish Arts (Working name)
- SHEPPEY BIG FISH THEATRE TRUST LTD (Previous name)
- The Big Fish Band (Previous name)
- The Big Fish Band ltd (Previous name)
- Risk management
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Volunteer management
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
5 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Christine M Reed | Chair | 01 October 2025 |
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| Joanna Susan Eden | Trustee | 01 October 2025 |
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| Nicole Christine Mollett | Trustee | 01 October 2025 |
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| Laurie Gail Harpum | Trustee | 01 October 2025 |
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| Karen Marina Baxter | Trustee | 01 June 2023 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | 31/03/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £3.84k | £10.78k | £14.23k | £7.51k | £2.50k | |
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Total expenditure | £3.16k | £8.02k | £10.84k | £9.14k | £3.95k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | £750 | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2025 | 20 December 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2025 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 10 January 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 13 May 2024 | 103 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 03 February 2023 | 3 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 10 December 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | Not required |