Charity Details

Guild Of Players

SC001963Registered charity from 02 November 1961

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Charity Information:

Address Theatre Royal
58-70 Shakespeare Street
Dumfries

Postcode DG1 2JH

Website www.theatreroyaldumfries.co.uk

Regulatory Type Standard

Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

Object:

The charity’s objects are: (a) The advancement of the arts, heritage and culture, in particular but not exclusively, through the promotion and support of performance, exhibition, instruction and study of all forms of art and culture and the preservation, maintenance, improvement and operation of theatres, venues and other similar facilities. (b) The advancement of community development by providing, improving and maintaining public amenities, supporting local regeneration, providing education and training opportunities, providing and improving arts and recreational facilities, encouraging volunteering and increasing the involvement of people of all ages and abilities and, in particular, young people, in community activity centred on the arts and so assisting with the regeneration of their communities. (c) To pursue such objects as may by law be deemed charitable and, in particular, to promote the well being of the community resident in Dumfries and the wider area of Dumfries and Galloway by associating Local Authorities, local artistic organisations and residents in a common effort to advance education and to foster a community spirit for the achievement of the aforesaid purposes. 5. The charity’s objects are restricted to those set out in article 4 (but subject to article 6). 6. The charity may (subject to first obtaining the consent of OSCR) add to, remove or alter the statement of the charity’s objects in article 4; on any occasion when it does so, it must give notice to the registrar of companies and the amendment will not be effective until that notice is registered on the register of companies.

Operations:

What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:

4. The charity’s objects are: (a) The advancement of the arts, heritage and culture, in particular but not exclusively, through the promotion and support of performance, exhibition, instruction and study of all forms of art and culture and the preservation, maintenance, improvement and operation of theatres, venues and other similar facilities. (b) The advancement of community development by providing, improving and maintaining public amenities, supporting local regeneration, providing education and training opportunities, providing and improving arts and recreational facilities, encouraging volunteering and increasing the involvement of people of all ages and abilities and, in particular, young people, in community activity centred on the arts and so assisting with the regeneration of their communities.

Charity Status: Active

Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Constitutional Form Date: 15 Apr 2013

Previous Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association

Previous Constitutional Form Date: 02 Nov 1961

Main Operating Location: Dumfries And Galloway

Number of Staff: 10

Number of Volunteers: 51-100

Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of citizenship or community development", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"

Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"

Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Submissions:

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022	£354,621	£268,099	27 Dec 2022	Yes
31 Mar 2023	£331,131	£409,661	19 Jan 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2024	£416,820	£469,210	13 Dec 2024	Yes
31 Mar 2025	£443,449	£485,444	17 Dec 2025	Yes	Published accounts can be found on the Companies House website
31 Mar 2026			No	Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

Income and Expenditure:

Charity Trustees:

First Name	Last Name
David	Stewart
Nadine	McDonald
Jennifer	Wilson
Kirsty	Wilson
Derry	Rogerson
Elizabeth	Thompson
Anne	Aldridge
Rachel	Reekie
Moira	Weatherup
Alistair	Donowho
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