NK THEATRE ARTS

Registered charity 1049259 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as N K THEATRE ARTS, NKTA

Provides Weekly Workshops in Music, Dance and Drama to anyone aged 5yrs to adults. Fully inclusive regardless of any ability, disability, status or culture. Public Performances are also presented. Theatre in Education, Corporate Training, Performing Arts Venue.

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Latest income
£905k
Latest spending
£863k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of just over £42,000 with a turnover of £905,000, marking a significant recovery from a prior year loss of £123,569. The trustees report that the balance sheet was strengthened through charitable trading and grant-funded purchases, while noting that no direct grant income was received during the current year. The organization continues to operate from The Forum Theatre under a 30-year lease with Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£905k
Total spending
£863k
Cost of raising funds
£417k
Reserves (reported)
£135k
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£905k£863k
31/08/2024£371k£494k
31/08/2023£774k£760k
31/08/2022£503k£495k
31/08/2021£344k£333k

Common questions

Is NK THEATRE ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of just over £42,000 with a turnover of £905,000, marking a significant recovery from a prior year loss of £123,569. The trustees report that the balance sheet was strengthened through charitable trading and grant-funded purchases, while noting that no direct grant income was received during the current year. The organization continues to operate from The Forum Theatre under a 30-year lease with Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. 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 government22/10/2021£34kCulture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
Stockport MBC01/02/2021£3kGrant to NK Theatre Arts

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 THEATRE@41 LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NK THEATRE ARTS£905k0unclearno doubt
THEATRE@41 LTD FY2025£101k0unclearno doubt
DANCEBOX THEATRE WORKS FY2025£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0002withinno doubt
THE BARN THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£243k0unclearno doubt
NOTTINGHAM ARTS THEATRE LIMITED FY2025£370k0unclearno doubt
MOUNTVIEW ACADEMY OF THEATRE ARTS LIMITED FY2025£9.0munclearno doubt

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