# TRUE COLOURS THEATRE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1192136
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 3, 2020
- **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=1192136


## Contact

- **Address:** TRUE COLOURS THEATRE, SHAFTO STREET, WALLSEND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE28 7AL
- **Phone:** 07386716759
- **Email:** mail@truecolourstheatre.co.uk
- **Website:** www.truecolourstheatre.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

**Activities:** True Colours Theatre provides performing arts classes for children and young people with additional needs and disabilities aged 4 to 21 in the North East.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 31, 2024 | £253859 | £345239 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2023 | £643491 | £164277 | £510939 | 0 |
| Oct. 31, 2022 | £83492 | £31725 | — | — |
| Nov. 2, 2021 | £37513 | £29822 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Kimberley Elliott** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 8, 2023
- Dr Fouad Hassanyeh — appointed March 11, 2025
- Marie Christine Renforth — appointed Dec. 3, 2025
- Nicola Warren — appointed April 14, 2021
- Peter Collins — appointed May 26, 2023