New Earth Theatre Limited

Registered charity 1047991 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YELLOW EARTH THEATRE LIMITED

New Earth Theatre presents and develops work with British East and South East Asian (BESEA) artists that asks key questions of identity, of the world we live in and our place in that world. They produce touring plays and readings across the year, as well as nurture BESEA talent through their Academy acting and writing courses and Professional Writers Programme.

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Latest income
£255k
Latest spending
£249k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £275,815, supported by a surplus for the year of £6,196. The charity reports sufficient reserves to continue operations for at least 12 months and confirms that a going concern basis is appropriate.

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£255k£249k
31/03/2024£380k£323k
31/03/2023£287k£422k
31/03/2022£289k£294k
31/03/2021£273k£207k

Common questions

Is New Earth Theatre Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £275,815, supported by a surplus for the year of £6,196. The charity reports sufficient reserves to continue operations for at least 12 months and confirms that a going concern basis is appropriate. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds New Earth Theatre Limited?

Funders whose own accounts filings name New Earth Theatre Limited as a grant recipient include THE IDLEWILD TRUST, THE LECHE TRUST, THE JAPAN SOCIETY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE IDLEWILD TRUSTFY2024£7k
THE LECHE TRUSTFY2025£4kArts
THE JAPAN SOCIETYFY2022£1kOther small grants.
THE JAPAN SOCIETYFY2021£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/12/2024£94k"New Earth Theatre’s Living Archive: creating and celebrating a BESEA legacy for the future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/08/2019£78k"Tsunagu Connect - Uncovering the lost heritage of Japanese Women in the UK since 1945"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/08/2018£9k"Remembering the Forgotten - Exploring lost heritage from the WW1 Chinese Labour Corps through art"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/05/2014£27k"Limehouse Chinatown Rediscovered"