TAMASHA THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1001483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TAMASHA

New writing theatre touring company

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Latest income

£601k

Latest spending

£542k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £253,117, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of 3-6 months of operating costs (£171,000 - £341,000). The charity reported total income of £601,185 against total expenditure of £541,561, resulting in a net surplus for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3-6 months of full operating and programme costs (held: £253k)

“The Directors consider the most appropriate level of free reserves to be 3-6 months of full operating and programme costs budgeted for the year ahead. This would be approximately £171,000 - £341,000”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Alia Alzougbi is the Artistic Director & CEO of Shubbak Festival. Tamasha received performance income of £3,350 from Shubbak Festival in order to co-produce Oranges & Stones during the year.

“Alia Alzougbi is the Artistic Director & CEO of Shubbak Festival. Tamasha received performance income of £3,350 from Shubbak Festival in order to co-produce Oranges & Stones during the year.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tamasha Theatre Company (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

British Council — “Tamasha Tales is back and this year we are proud to premiere a newly commissioned work created in partnership with the Armenian Centre for C…” (source page)
Jerwood Royal Court Commissioning Scheme — “Tamasha is absolutely thrilled to announce our participation in the inaugural Jerwood Royal Court Commissioning Scheme – a landmark initiati…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£601k

Total spending

£542k

Cost of raising funds

£40k

Reserves (reported)

£264k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alia Alzougbi
Ama Biriwaa Ofori-Darko
Deepa Patel · trustee of 1 other charity
Jack Lowe
Kelly Jean Williams
Mary Caws
Mary Kalunga-Eade
Monique Sara Sacha-Marie Baptiste-Brown
Shehani Fernando

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£601k	£542k
31/03/2024	£608k	£555k
31/03/2023	£454k	£537k
31/03/2022	£475k	£478k
31/03/2021	£435k	£355k

Common questions

Is TAMASHA THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £253,117, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of 3-6 months of operating costs (£171,000 - £341,000). The charity reported total income of £601,185 against total expenditure of £541,561, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	09/01/2024	£20k	Investment funds
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/11/2022	£10k	STARS Outreach Programme
UK government	13/10/2022	£320k	National Portfolio Organisations
UK government	13/10/2022	£320k	National Portfolio Organisations
UK government	13/12/2021	£320k	National Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/07/2012	£9k	The arrival- skills development programme for survivors of torture
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/07/2008	£7k	TamashaLive!

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£13k
GENESIS AMERICA (UK) LIMITED	1	£10k
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION	1	£7k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	1	£5k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	1	£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£5k
FRAZER TRUST	1	£5k
THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED.

TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £2.9m
ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE LIMITED income £1.2m
THEATRE-RITES income £278k
M6 THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £602k
TIATA FAHODZI LTD income £427k
PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED income £345k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TAMASHA THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED	£601k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£2.9m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THEATRE-RITES FY2025	£278k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
M6 THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£602k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
TIATA FAHODZI LTD FY2025	£427k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.