# LANCASTER FOOTLIGHTS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 509425
- **Other names:** THE LANCASTER FOOTLIGHTS CLUB
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 7, 1979
- **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=509425


## Contact

- **Address:** Lancaster Footlights, Grand Theatre, St. Leonards Gate, LANCASTER
- **Postcode:** LA1 1NL
- **Phone:** 0152464695
- **Email:** tickets@lancastergrand.co.uk
- **Website:** www.lancastergrand.co.uk/



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** CITY OF LANCASTER AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD




## 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

- Cumbria
- Lancashire
- North Yorkshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £11917 | £16244 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £32218 | £18239 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £368881 | £311034 | — | — |
| April 30, 2022 | £525140 | £542346 | £837844 | 13 |
| April 30, 2021 | £261951 | £267993 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Mark Hutton** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 9, 2023
- Adrian Paul Tayler — appointed Sept. 27, 2021
- Charles Raymond Willett — appointed Oct. 9, 2023
- David Robert Hardy — appointed Sept. 14, 2016
- MICHAEL THOMAS HARDY