# COMEDY SUPPORT ACT UK LTD

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1166546
- **Other names:** CSAUK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 14, 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=1166546


## Contact

- **Address:** 40 Broomfield Road, GOSFORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE3 4HH
- **Phone:** 07765 895913
- **Email:** info@comedysupportact.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.comedysupportact.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR THE BENEFIT OF COMEDY PROFESSIONALS, FORMER COMEDY PROFESSIONALS THEIR SPOUSES, CIVIL PARTNERS AND DEPENDENTS, WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY REASON OF SICKNESS, ACCIDENT OR INFIRMITY BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN SUCH AMOUNTS AND AT SUCH TIMES AND ON SUCH CONDITIONS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE A 'COMEDY PROFESSIONAL' IS DEFINED AS A COMEDIAN AND/OR COMEDY PERFORMER WHO MEETS ALL FOUR OF THE FOLLOWING TESTS:  (A) HE/SHE HAS (IN THE SOLE OPINION OF THE DIRECTORS) DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO THE COMEDY PROFESSION;  (B) HE/SHE IS, OR HAS BEEN, A RESIDENT OF THE UK;  (C) HE/SHE HAS PERFORMED IN RETURN FOR PAYMENT IN/ON ONE OR MORE OF STAGE, RADIO, FILM, TELEVISION OR ANY OTHER MEDIUM THROUGH WHICH SUCH ARTS MAY BE PRACTICED; AND  (D) HIS/HER PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME IS, OR HAS BEEN, AS A COMEDIAN AND/OR COMEDY PERFORMER.

**Activities:** In summary, the charity prevents or relieves the financial hardship of current and former comedy professionals (and their spouses, civil partners and dependents) who have become unwell, by raising funds and distributing such funds to such people. To qualify for assistance such comedy professionals must (inter alia) live (or have lived) in the UK.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 30, 2024 | £16750 | £3417 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2023 | £18 | £1363 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | £171 | £1688 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2021 | £4316 | £614 | — | — |
| Nov. 30, 2020 | £2962 | £1093 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Ashley McDowell — appointed Dec. 15, 2016
- Cal Halbert — appointed Dec. 21, 2022
- Emma Paterson Baldry — appointed Dec. 21, 2022
- John Matthew Reed — appointed Dec. 21, 2022
- Ross Robert Leslie — appointed Dec. 21, 2022