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Lancaster Footlights & Grand Theatre

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1198714
Status
Registered
Registered
April 25, 2022
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
LANCASTER GRAND THEATRE
St Leonardgate
Lancaster
LA1 1NL

Activities

Lancaster Footlights is a thriving amateur drama group which is based at Lancaster Grand Theatre. They first started performing in the 1920's and purchased the Grand in 1951 to save it from demolition. Over the years the theatre has been progressively restored and it is now regularly used by many community groups and a wide range of professional acts.

Objects: 1. To Promote, Improve And Advance The Education Of The Public In The Arts By:-• The Production, Promotion And Provision Of Plays And The Encouragement Of The Arts And The Production, Staging Or Streaming Of Performances, Concerts, Broadcasts, Workshops (including Educational Workshops) And Masterclasses In All Types Of Dramatic And Musical Arts, Including (but Not Restricted To) The Arts Of Drama, Dramatic Authorship, Opera, Operetta, Mime, Dancing, Singing, Music, Comedy, Puppetry;• The Giving Of Lectures And Exhibitions And/or The Showing Of Films Whether On Any Premises Owned By The CIO Or Elsewhere As Are Conducive To The Promotion, Maintenance, Improvement And Advancement Of Education And Knowledge Or To The Encouragement Of The Arts; And• Enabling The Theatre To Be Used By Other Community Groups And Others For The Performance Of Drama, Music And / Or Dance Productions And All Other Types Of Performing Arts. 2. To Preserve And Protect (including Undertaking Suitable Alterations And Additions To) The Building Known As Lancaster Grand Theatre And Its Attached Cottages As A Community Asset And Any Other Land And Buildings Which The CIO May At Any Time In The Future Purchase Or Lease Provided That This Action Either Meets The Criteria Of Being Worthy Of Preservation In Accordance With Charity Law Of England And Wales Or Is In Furtherance Or Facilitation Of Or Ancillary To The Better And Improved Use Of The Theatre For The Purposes Of Object 1.

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
What
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Lancashire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £589,707 £470,028 £1,008,889 15
Dec. 31, 2023 £540,758 £383,490 £889,209 15
Dec. 31, 2022 — £400 — —

Trustees

Name Appointed
Adrian Paul Tayler Oct. 9, 2023
Andrew David Marshall Sept. 16, 2025
Charles Raymond Willett Oct. 9, 2023
David Robert Hardy Oct. 9, 2023
Deborah Anne Satterly Sept. 16, 2025
Helen Lavinia Freeborough Sept. 16, 2025
Julie Ann Shaw Sept. 16, 2025
Marcus Lord Sept. 16, 2025
Rebecca Stephen-Denby Sept. 16, 2025
Richard Michael Charles Beveridge Sept. 16, 2025