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Lancaster Footlights

The Lancaster Footlights Club

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
509425
Status
Registered
Registered
Dec. 7, 1979
Legal form
Other
Area of benefit
City Of Lancaster And Its Neighbourhood

Address

Address
Lancaster Footlights
Grand Theatre
St. Leonards Gate
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 1950 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: Promote, Maintain, Improve, And Advance Education, Particularly By The Production Of Educational Plays And The Encouragement Of The Arts, Including The Arts Of Drama, Dramatic Authorship, Mime, Dancing, Singing, And Music. Maintain And Preserve The Grade Ii Listed Building Built In 1782 Known As The Lancaster Grand Theatre As An Ongoing Venue For Such Plays And Encouragement Of These Objects. Formulate, Prepare And Establish Schemes With Power For The Purposes Above.

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
What
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Cumbria, Lancashire, North Yorkshire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees Accounts
Dec. 31, 2024 £11,917 £16,244 — —
Dec. 31, 2023 £32,218 £18,239 — — PDF
Dec. 31, 2022 £368,881 £311,034 — — PDF
April 30, 2022 £525,140 £542,346 £837,844 13 PDF
April 30, 2021 £261,951 £267,993 — — PDF

Trustees

Name Appointed
Mark Hutton (Chair) Oct. 9, 2023
Adrian Paul Tayler Sept. 27, 2021
Charles Raymond Willett Oct. 9, 2023
David Robert Hardy Sept. 14, 2016
Michael Thomas Hardy