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FUTURES THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1052890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Futures Theatre empowers women facing multiple marginalisations, who are socially and economically excluded from creative joy, amplifying their vital, unheard stories through theatre, podcasts and engagement programmes.We champion equity, directly creating art with and for survivors of domestic abuse, focusing on women whose intersectionality places them at greater risk of gendered violence.

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Latest income
£447k
Latest spending
£283k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a significant financial improvement with a surplus of £163,270, driven largely by a Theatre Tax Relief claim. Reserves have increased to £203,362, providing eight months of running costs, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of three to six months. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
“There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months' running costs (held: £203k)
“The Company’s policy on reserves has been set at a minimum of three months’ running costs, with the ambition to reach six months’ running costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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: East Sussex · Redcar And Cleveland · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£447k£283k
31/07/2024£152k£157k
31/07/2023£101k£163k
31/07/2022£240k£257k
31/07/2021£285k£232k

Common questions

Is FUTURES THEATRE COMPANY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a significant financial improvement with a surplus of £163,270, driven largely by a Theatre Tax Relief claim. Reserves have increased to £203,362, providing eight months of running costs, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of three to six months. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of FUTURES THEATRE COMPANY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds FUTURES THEATRE COMPANY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FUTURES THEATRE COMPANY as a grant recipient include THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, DIDYMUS, THE THOMAS WALL TRUST, The Ashley Family Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2024£10kSmaller Grants
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2024£5kOther grants
DIDYMUSFY2022£5k
THE THOMAS WALL TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2025£4k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/06/2024£187kThrive
City Bridge Foundation06/12/2023£292kGrant to Futures Theatre Company
Postcode Lottery01/05/2023£10kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund07/01/2022£10kThrive Amplified
The National Lottery Community Fund01/10/2018£273kThrive
The National Lottery Community Fund06/01/2016£10kbreaking the silence
The National Lottery Community Fund03/11/2014£214kAn Alternative Life
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2014£10kTell Tales
City Bridge Foundation07/05/2009£87kGrant to Futures Theatre Company
The National Lottery Community Fund22/08/2006£5kAfterschool Drama Club

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
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION2£215k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION1£516k
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST1£513k
BOLTON TOGETHER1£415k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION1£300k
THE CLORE DUFFIELD FOUNDATION1£260k
BACKSTAGE TRUST1£210k
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY1£180k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FUTURES THEATRE COMPANY£447kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
GOOD CHANCE THEATRE FY2025£1.5m—0within—no doubt
FORTALICE LIMITED FY2025£2.2mmore than £60,0001below—no doubt
BRIGHT FUTURES NE FY2025£471k—0unclear—no doubt
WOMEN AND THEATRE (BIRMINGHAM) LIMITED FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt
PLAYBACK THEATRE SOUTH WEST FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt

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