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THEATRE-RITES

Registered charity 1048058 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Creating touring and site-specific theatre for children and their families.

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Latest income
£278k
Latest spending
£275k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £278,321 against total expenditure of £274,852, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £42,000 designated for emergency running costs and a designated artistic reserve of £94,934. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Arts Council England (88% of income)
“This financial year revenue funding of £244,812 was received from Arts Council England.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £42k)
“Overhead fund: to provide emergency running costs for a 3 month period” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£531k
Total spending
£548k
Cost of raising funds
£1k
Reserves (reported)
£133k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (54% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£278k£275k
31/03/2024£549k£548k
31/03/2023£298k£300k
31/03/2022£364k£342k
31/03/2021£264k£257k

Common questions

Is THEATRE-RITES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £278,321 against total expenditure of £274,852, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £42,000 designated for emergency running costs and a designated artistic reserve of £94,934. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THEATRE-RITES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THEATRE-RITES as a grant recipient include THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE FENTON ARTS TRUST, THE LECHE TRUST, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATIONFY2025£7k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2023£5kArts & Heritage
THE FENTON ARTS TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE LECHE TRUSTFY2025£4kArts
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATIONFY2026£1k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2025£1kGrant Round 1 ~ £1,000
THE FENTON ARTS TRUSTFY2023£0

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND2£10k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATION1£175k
ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION1£55k
THE VINEHILL TRUST1£50k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION1£44k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£20k
THE TOMORO FOUNDATION1£10k
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF ALDERMAN JOHN NORMAN1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THEATRE-RITES£278k—0unclear—no doubt
COMPANY THREE THEATRE FY2025£554kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THEATRE ROYAL (NORWICH) TRUST LIMITED FY2025£20.2m——below—no doubt
TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£2.9m—0above—no doubt
TAMASHA THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£601k—0within—no doubt
ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——unclear—no doubt

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