THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUST

Active
Company number 02705172Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 1992

Key figures

£4,994,741+8.4%
Net assets 2025/26
+9.4%
Average annual growth 2022/23–2025/26
02 m4 m6 m2022/232024/252025/26

† THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUST filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 88990

Where the company stands among the 13,109 active companies whose first SIC code is 88990 (Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.).

Turnover£3,871,581
Higher than 85% · median £154,043 among 861 that publish turnover
Net assets£4,994,741
Higher than 96% · median £6,334
Total assets£5,418,907
Higher than 95% · median £22,197
Company age34.6 years
Older than 93% · median 7.7 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. AKO FOUNDATION£1.3bn
  2. THE ORMISTON TRUST£709.3m
  3. THE BORDER CONSORTIUM£279.5m
  4. AGA KHAN FOUNDATION (UNITED KINGDOM)£269m
  5. STEWARDS COMPANY LIMITED£169.1m
  6. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION£153.5m
  7. THE WORWIN UK FOUNDATION£140.1m
  8. BARNARDO'S£118.3m
  9. ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND£118m
  10. ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE£117.3m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 13,109. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUST

What kind of company is it?

THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUST is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 02705172. It was incorporated on 8 Apr 1992. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (N14). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c. (88990), artistic creation (90030).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £3,871,581. Net assets were £4,994,741, up 8.4% on the previous year. Total assets were £5,418,907 and total liabilities £424,166. Figures are available for 3 financial years (2022/23–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 13,109 active companies whose first SIC code is 88990: By turnover it ranks higher than 85% of the 861 that publish turnover (median £154,043). By net assets it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £6,334). By total assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £22,197). It is older than 93% of them (median age 7.7 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2024. 2 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 8 central government grants worth £467k, including from Department for Work and Pensions.

What do public registers and reports show?

It is a registered charity (number 1012369) with a latest reported income of £4.5m.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 17 current directors.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 22 Apr 2027.

Filed accounts2022/23–2025/26
2022/232024/25 †2025/26 †
Turnover3,900,2274,533,5103,871,581
Cash at bank and in hand1,465,056——
Total assets3,828,4864,939,1855,418,907
Total liabilities177,304331,163424,166
Net assets / total equity4,169,8884,608,0224,994,741
Average number of employees102——

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Principal activity

Accounts 2026

Chickenshed is an inclusive theatre and education provider with a vision to support a society that enables everyone (regardless of background, ability or affluence) to flourish. Our mission is to develop a unique environment that empowers children, young people and adults to define and seek solutions to their individual, community and social challenges. Through programmes and activities facilitating education, theatre, participation, and professional training, Chickenshed breaks down barriers to inclusion and transforms wellbeing.

As described in the company's latest filed accounts.

Public contracts

2 contracts

THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUST is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2024. 2 awards are shared with other suppliers.

Main buyers2
Capital City College
1 contract
Capital City College Group
1 contract
Contracts
  1. Subcontract delivery of Study Programmes 202526Capital City College · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £2,595,000 in total
  2. Provision of subcontract study programmes for 24/25‡Capital City College Group · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £2,397,588 in total

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

8 grants

THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUST is recorded as the recipient of 8 central government grants since 2019, together worth £467k.

Funders
Department for Work and Pensions
2 grants · £225.3k
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
2 grants · £134.3k
Department for Education
4 grants · £107.5k
Grants
  1. THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUSTDepartment for Work and Pensions · £29,837 · Kickstart Scheme
  2. THE CHICKEN SHED THEATRE TRUSTDepartment for Work and Pensions · £195,458 · Kickstart Scheme
  3. Further Student Hardship fundingDepartment for Education · £13,137 · ALB-Office For Students-Further Student Hardship Funding
  4. Hardship fundingDepartment for Education · £4,827 · ALB-Office for Students-Student Hardship Funding
  5. Coronavirus Community Support FundDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £27,984
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  1. Teaching Grant 2020-21Department for Education · £59,298 · ALB-Office for Students-Teaching Grant 2020-21
  2. xxxDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £106,303 · Culture Recovery Fund: Arts Recovery (ACE)
  3. Teaching Funding AY19/20Department for Education · £30,196 · ALB - Office For Students - Teaching Funding AY19/20

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

Registered charityNo. 1012369
Registered with the Charity Commission
29 Jun 1992
Income, year to 31 Mar 2025
£4.5m
Spending
£4.3m

Chickenshed is established for the advancement of education in the fields of the arts, principally for the benefit of young persons including all who may require help with mobility, communication, behaviour or self-help skills or with social development with a view to educating them in such fields,…

View on the register of charities

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

History

124 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: turnover £3.9m, net assets £5m
  2. Martin David GAFSEN resignedDirector
  3. Phoebe VELA-HITCHCOX resignedDirector
  4. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £4.5m, net assets £4.6m
  5. Marcus WARD appointedDirector
  6. Judith Olivia DENCH resignedDirector
  7. Matthew Saul ROSE resignedDirector
  8. Murray Leonard ORR appointedDirector
Earlier events (116)
  1. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: turnover £3.9m, net assets £4.2m, 102 employees
  2. Lesley MAIN resignedDirector
  3. Richard CROFT appointedDirector
  4. Brendan Martin KERR appointedDirector
  5. Joshua Adam BERGER CBE resignedDirector
  6. Theo SERGIOU appointedDirector
  7. Christine Hansine MASON resignedDirector
  8. Kathleen Margaret HALL appointedDirector
  9. Lesley MAIN appointedDirector
  10. Chris DE PURY appointedDirector
  11. Jacky GRIFFIN resignedDirector
  12. Jude TYRRELL resignedDirector
  13. Simon ALLFORD appointedDirector
  14. Aref Hisham LAHHAM appointedDirector
  15. James Robert LOCK appointedDirector
  16. Nicholas Luke MILLICAN appointedDirector
  17. Ashley Thomas Edward MULDOON appointedDirector
  18. Martin David GAFSEN appointedDirector
  19. Jacky GRIFFIN appointedDirector
  20. Jude TYRRELL appointedDirector
  21. Nicholas James CAMPSIE resignedDirector
  22. Trevor Robert NUNN resignedDirector
  23. Phoebe VELA-HITCHCOX appointedDirector
  24. Alison RITCHIE resignedDirector
  25. Kate Elizabeth VARAH resignedDirector
  26. Peter Panagiotou CONSTANTI appointedDirector
  27. Wendy SHILLINGLAW resignedSecretary
  28. Daniel Leslie BEACOCK appointedSecretary
  29. Derek Harold GRANGER resignedDirector
  30. Angela Susan Francis SONING resignedDirector
  31. David Michael BACON resignedDirector
  32. Roger Alan SHANE resignedDirector
  33. Anthony David GIBBON appointedDirector
  34. Wendy SHILLINGLAW appointedSecretary
  35. Joshua Adam BERGER CBE appointedDirector
  36. Nicholas James CAMPSIE appointedDirector
  37. Matthew Saul ROSE appointedDirector
  38. Jane PATERSON-TODD resignedDirector
  39. Angela Susan Francis SONING appointedDirector
  40. Wendy Gail PRESS resignedDirector
  41. Linda HOSKINS resignedDirector
  42. David John PARFITT resignedDirector
  43. Sylvia May COLEMAN resignedDirector
  44. Malcolm Bevan HEYWORTH resignedDirector
  45. Leonard Richard LEWIS resignedDirector
  46. Angela Susan Francis SONING resignedDirector
  47. Caroline WESTON resignedDirector
  48. Anthony David GIBBON resignedDirector
  49. Manus WARD resignedDirector
  50. Ems MAGNUS resignedDirector
  51. Kate Elizabeth VARAH appointedDirector
  52. Jane PATERSON-TODD appointedDirector
  53. David Thomas BALCOMBE resignedSecretary
  54. Derek Harold GRANGER appointedDirector
  55. Wendy Gail PRESS appointedDirector
  56. Angela Susan Francis SONING appointedDirector
  57. Jeremy SMEETH resignedDirector
  58. Anthony David GIBBON appointedDirector
  59. Caroline WESTON appointedDirector
  60. Ems MAGNUS appointedDirector
  61. Diane Louise JORDAN resignedDirector
  62. Anthony FILBY resignedDirector
  63. John BULL resignedSecretary
  64. David Thomas BALCOMBE appointedSecretary
  65. Jeremy SMEETH appointedDirector
  66. Alison RITCHIE appointedDirector
  67. Diane Louise JORDAN appointedDirector
  68. Walter MILLSOM resignedDirector
  69. Peter Garth PALUMBO resignedDirector
  70. Christine Hansine MASON appointedDirector
  71. Michael WILLIAMS resignedDirector
  72. Stanley Hereward FILBY resignedDirector
  73. Natasha Deborah RAYNE appointedDirector
  74. Linda HOSKINS appointedDirector
  75. Leonard Richard LEWIS appointedDirector
  76. David John PARFITT appointedDirector
  77. Anne Betty Leonie SWEETBAUM resignedDirector
  78. Jonathan Sigmund SHALIT resignedDirector
  79. Nicholas Anthony CREAN resignedDirector
  80. Martin MCCALLUM resignedDirector
  81. Janet SUZMAN resignedDirector
  82. Nancy Jane LANE resignedDirector
  83. Emma Katherine MARSH resignedDirector
  84. Jonathan Sigmund SHALIT OBE appointedDirector
  85. Jonathan Sigmund SHALIT appointedDirector
  86. Terence Michael BRAMBLE resignedDirector
  87. Richard Roland Seymour SWAN resignedDirector
  88. Josephine HART resignedDirector
  89. Nicholas Anthony CREAN appointedDirector
  90. Anne Betty Leonie SWEETBAUM appointedDirector
  91. Emma Katherine MARSH appointedDirector
  92. Patrick Hugh Stewart CRAWLEY resignedSecretary
  93. Patrick Hugh Stewart CRAWLEY resignedDirector
  94. Jane Antonia Frances RAYNE appointedDirector
  95. John BULL appointedSecretary
  96. David Michael BACON appointedDirector
  97. Terence Michael BRAMBLE appointedDirector
  98. Sylvia May COLEMAN appointedDirector
  99. Judith Olivia DENCH appointedDirector
  100. Anthony FILBY appointedDirector
  101. Stanley Hereward FILBY appointedDirector
  102. Josephine HART appointedDirector
  103. Malcolm Bevan HEYWORTH appointedDirector
  104. Nancy Jane LANE appointedDirector
  105. Martin MCCALLUM appointedDirector
  106. Walter MILLSOM appointedDirector
  107. Trevor Robert NUNN appointedDirector
  108. Peter Garth PALUMBO appointedDirector
  109. Roger Alan SHANE appointedDirector
  110. Janet SUZMAN appointedDirector
  111. Manus WARD appointedDirector
  112. Michael WILLIAMS appointedDirector
  113. Patrick Hugh Stewart CRAWLEY appointedSecretary
  114. Patrick Hugh Stewart CRAWLEY appointedDirector
  115. Richard Roland Seymour SWAN appointedDirector
  116. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by guarantee

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.