THEATR BRYCHEINIOG CYF
Registered charity 1005327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRECON GUILDHALL THEATRE LIMITED, THEATR BRYCHEINIOG
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £31,059 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. However, the balance sheet shows total liabilities exceeding assets by £53,816, and the auditors have identified a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to its heavy reliance on grant aid from core funders.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Arts Council of Wales (16% of income)
“ACW - core funding 192,565” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-242k; policy: three months of unrestricted funds)
“It remains the long-term policy of the board that we seek to build up a permanent reserve of three months of unrestricted funds.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Theatr Brycheiniog Cyf operates from Theatr Brycheiniog which is owned by Powys County Council. Rent of £1 per annum is charged for the use of the facility.
“Theatr Brycheiniog Cyf operates from Theatr Brycheiniog which is owned by Powys County Council. Rent of £1 per annum is charged for the use of the facility. The true value of the provision of this facility is not reflected in these financial statements, as the amount is not quantifiable.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Ashmole & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Sara St George — Chief Executive (source)
- Lisa Cascarini — General Manager (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- POWELL, Richard Christopher — director, appointed 24/06/2025on trustee list
- BARDSELEY, Gemma — director, appointed 25/04/2025not on trustee list
- COLEMAN, Ryan Ellis — director, appointed 25/04/2025on trustee list
- EMBERTON, Gwyn — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
- EAST, Helen Wyn — director, appointed 29/10/2024on trustee list
- DAVIES, Barbara Megan — director, appointed 29/10/2024on trustee list
- COLLINSON, Andrew Kenneth Redvers — director, appointed 14/02/2022on trustee list
- WHEELER, Tab, Mx — director, appointed 14/02/2022on trustee list
- OWEN, Eleanor Ann — director, appointed 25/01/2021on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles 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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£167k
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (48% 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: 11.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (11/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Andrew Kenneth Redvers Collinsonchair
- Barbara Megan Davies
- Eilir Owen Griffiths
- Eleanor Ann Owen
- Gemma Bardsley
- Gwyn Emberton
- Helen Wyn East
- Lynley Patricia Gregory
- Richard Christopher Powell
- Ryan Ellis Coleman
- Tab Wheeler
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Powys
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THEATR BRYCHEINIOG CYF financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £31,059 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. However, the balance sheet shows total liabilities exceeding assets by £53,816, and the auditors have identified a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to its heavy reliance on grant aid from core funders. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ashmole & Co.
Who funds THEATR BRYCHEINIOG CYF?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THEATR BRYCHEINIOG CYF as a grant recipient include CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU, THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND, COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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