# APPLAUSE RURAL TOURING

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1165632
- **Other names:** APPLAUSE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 18, 2016
- **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=1165632


## Contact

- **Address:** 137 London Road, Southborough, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, Kent
- **Postcode:** TN4 0NA
- **Phone:** 01892457635
- **Email:** office@applause.org.uk
- **Website:** www.applause.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARTS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN RURAL AND/OR ISOLATED COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND BY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PROGRAMMING, COMMISSIONING AND FACILITATING DELIVERY OF ARTISTIC EXPERIENCES; WORKING WITH ARTISTS TO HELP DEVELOP THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF, AND WORK FOR, THESE COMMUNITIES; AND BY EXTENDING THE REACH OF ARTS PROVISION BY DEVELOPING LOCAL VENUES AND SUPPORTING AND TRAINING VOLUNTEER ORGANISERS. ISOLATED IN THIS CONTEXT MEANS ISOLATED FROM ARTS PROVISION BY PHYSICAL, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC REASONS.

**Activities:** Main areas of activity1. Delivery of Touring Activity2. Promoter and Volunteer Engagement3. Delivery of Artistic Development




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- East Sussex
- Essex
- Kent
- Medway
- West Sussex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £594284 | £463771 | £431438 | 6 |
| March 31, 2024 | £454808 | £423389 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £294159 | £445214 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £287708 | £381423 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £537819 | £272945 | £514276 | 6 |



## Trustees

- Amanda Cusimano — appointed June 18, 2024
- Daniel King — appointed April 27, 2021
- Elizabeth Newall — appointed Sept. 12, 2023
- Elizabeth Pencavel — appointed Sept. 12, 2023
- Katherine Portman Smith — appointed Oct. 18, 2018
- Louise Knight — appointed May 2, 2019
- Louise Searle — appointed Sept. 10, 2024