THEATRE SANS FRONTIERES LIMITED

Registered charity 1046461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

National and international touring theatre company

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN,IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING, PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY PROMOTING ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£74k
Latest spending
£77k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,923 for the year, with total income of £74,066 and expenditure of £76,989. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £34,287, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (approximately £19,000).

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (77% of income)
“grants totalling £56,932 (2024: £44,640) plus performance and similar fees £14,917 (2024: £14,744).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of operating expenditure (reserves figure: £34k)
“The trustees have resolved that reserves should be maintained to cover at least three months’ operating expenditure. At 31 March 2025, this policy objective was met since unrestricted free reserves represented 5.3 months’ operating expenditure” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 14
  • Government income: £21,112 — grants £21,112 (4); 29% of the £74,066 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 9
  • Government income: £44,140 — grants £44,140 (6); 70% of the £63,348 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £18,171 — grants £18,171 (5); 29% of the £62,488 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Netherlands · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£74k£77k
31/03/2024£63k£77k
31/03/2023£62k£84k
31/03/2022£131k£101k
31/03/2021£51k£47k

Common questions

Is THEATRE SANS FRONTIERES LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,923 for the year, with total income of £74,066 and expenditure of £76,989. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £34,287, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (approximately £19,000). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THEATRE SANS FRONTIERES LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THEATRE SANS FRONTIERES LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE JOICEY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOICEY TRUSTFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East11/04/2024£9kGrant to Theatre Sans Frontieres
Community Foundation North East23/03/2023£3kGrant to Theatre Sans Frontieres
Community Foundation North East16/03/2023£1kGrant to Theatre Sans Frontieres
Community Foundation North East17/03/2022£8kA grant to Theatre Sans Frontieres
Community Foundation North East21/10/2021£5kA grant to Theatre Sans Frontieres
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/11/2012£15k"Hexham Goods Shed Regeneration and Animation"

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THEATRE SANS FRONTIERES LIMITED£74k—0above—no doubt
ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——unclear—no doubt
BOUNDLESS THEATRE FY2025£234k—0below—no doubt
THEATRE-RITES FY2025£278k—0unclear—no doubt
TAMASHA THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£601k—0within—no doubt
TADS THEATRE GROUP FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt

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