THE BUBBLE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED
Charity number: 264359
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
We make theatre with and for children, teenagers and adults of South London. Speech Bubbles helps children in primary schools who have problems communicating. YTM sees at risk teenagers develop as workshop leaders. Intergenerational projects share the stories of our place. Fan Made Theatre invites audiences to select professional outdoor family theatre, and year round we run workshops.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income: £346,324
Total expenditure: £424,796
Total income includes £54,885 from 9 government contract(s) and £4,181 from 2 government grant(s)
People
9 Trustee(s)
5 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
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:
- 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 Human Resources
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout London
Governance
Registration history:
- 21 August 1972: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- LONDON BUBBLE (Working name)
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
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- 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
9 Trustee(s)
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| Christopher Sonnex | Trustee | 18 July 2024 |
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| Abimbola Apalara | Trustee | 06 December 2023 |
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| Elizabeth Holden | Trustee | 07 November 2022 |
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| Grace Arogundade | Trustee | 07 November 2022 |
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| Miles Jason Webber | Trustee | 13 January 2022 |
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| ANNA MARY SHIELDS | Trustee | 13 January 2022 |
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| Ourania Pauline Marandos | Trustee | 13 January 2022 |
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| Tracey Cheltenham | Trustee | 13 January 2022 |
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| Tinashe Sithole | Trustee | 03 December 2018 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £531.47k | £592.37k | £453.56k | £365.54k | £346.32k | |
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Total expenditure | £600.63k | £517.32k | £494.20k | £413.03k | £424.80k | |
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Income from government contracts | £29.86k | £26.20k | £45.95k | £36.90k | £54.89k | |
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Income from government grants | £99.29k | £201.33k | £54.82k | £30.89k | £4.18k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £377.30k | £461.45k | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £38.77k | £6.21k | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £115.40k | £67.28k | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Investment | £5 | £1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £57.42k | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £579.63k | £496.32k | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £21.00k | £21.00k | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £29.16k | £31.07k | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | 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 |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 14 January 2025 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 14 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 17 January 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 17 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 20 January 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 20 January 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 29 January 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 25 January 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 29 January 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 28 January 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |