# GLADRAGS COMMUNITY COSTUME TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1122704
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 8, 2008
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1122704


## Contact

- **Address:** Gladrags, Unit 10, Westergate Business Centre, Westergate Road, Brighton
- **Postcode:** BN2 4QN
- **Phone:** 01273 609184
- **Email:** office@gladragscostumes.org.uk
- **Website:** www.gladragscostumes.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1)     EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN HISTORICAL AND WORLD DRESS BY PROVIDING LOW COST COSTUMES AND RELATED RESOURCES AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL.3.2)     TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING VARIOUS COSTUMES AND RELATED RESOURCES AT LOW COST AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL.

**Activities:** Provides affordable costume hire, educational resource boxes and practical assistance to: schools/ colleges, community/ youth groups, charities/ not for profit organisations, amateur/ fringe arts. Delivers a Community Outreach Programme of educational sewing-based workshops; interactive storytelling / reminiscence/ dressing-up activities. Promotes costume re-use, by re-styling or rehoming.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- East Sussex
- Surrey
- West Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £85036 | £110215 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £101301 | £104818 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £90566 | £87531 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £64018 | £75061 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £94801 | £55890 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **HEATHER MAE BUTLER** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 30, 2018
- John William Adams — appointed Oct. 26, 2022
- Kathryn Nicola Coleman — appointed Nov. 4, 2024
- Neil Border — appointed Nov. 4, 2021