THE RED LADDER THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1037653 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RED LADDER THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

National Touring Theatre Company

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Latest income
£315k
Latest spending
£363k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £47,274 for the year, primarily due to deficits in major productions. However, the trustees report that reserves at year-end stood at £119,286, which exceeds the stated ambition to sustain reserves allowing the company to function for one year outside of Arts Council funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£315k£363k
31/03/2024£366k£341k
31/03/2023£250k£254k
31/03/2022£232k£251k
31/03/2021£220k£213k

Common questions

Is THE RED LADDER THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £47,274 for the year, primarily due to deficits in major productions. However, the trustees report that reserves at year-end stood at £119,286, which exceeds the stated ambition to sustain reserves allowing the company to function for one year outside of Arts Council funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government13/10/2022£189kNational Portfolio Organisations
UK government13/10/2022£189kNational Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Community Fund23/02/2007£8kRed Grit

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE RED LADDER THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED£315k0aboveno doubt
THEATRE-RITES FY2025£278k0unclearno doubt
THE TORCH THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£1.9m0belowno doubt
ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£7.3maboveno doubt
THE CRITERION THEATRE TRUST FY2024£4.4munclearno doubt
THEATRE ROYAL (NORWICH) TRUST LIMITED FY2025£20.2mbelowno doubt

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