KINGSTON THEATRE TRUST

Registered charity 1000182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROSE OF KINGSTON, THE FIRST THEATRE OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Presenting a programme of plays and other activities in the Rose Theatre, Kingston and beyond, which advance the education of the public in all aspects of dramatic art.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, OPERA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, DANCE, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Kingston upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £41,883 for the year ended 31 March 2025 and held free reserves in deficit by £492,603 after accounting for restricted funds and designated assets. Per the trustees' report, the charity is reliant on projected funding from its two principal stakeholders, the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and Kingston University, to maintain its going concern status. The auditors have identified a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to these net current liabilities and reliance on future stakeholder support.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore (South) LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Brian Ridgeway · trustee of 2 other charities
• Bernadette Bhangoo
• Caroline Maddison
• Councillor Sarah Sillett
• Councillor Thomas Reeve
• Elizabeth Wilkinson
• Gary Pell
• Guy Verrall-Withers
• Louisa Green
• Neill Martin Penney
• ROBERT O'DOWD
• Radhika Kapur
• Rubi Gubara-Sannie · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sian Alexander Mrs
• Simon Edwards
• William Price

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames · Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROSES THEATRE TRUST.

• ROSES THEATRE TRUST income £2.3m
• CARLTON LITTLE THEATRE TRUST income £54k
• GLADSTONE THEATRE TRUST income £386k
• KIRKLEES THEATRE TRUST income £1.8m
• STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £6.1m
• KINGSTON UPON THAMES FESTIVAL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS income £26k

Side by side with its peers

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