TRINITY THEATRE AND ARTS CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1054547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRINITY

To maintain and manage a theatre and arts centre and provide education facilities in the Arts for the benefit of the community of Tunbridge Wells and district.

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £56,740 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total free reserves of £Nil. The trustees acknowledge a material uncertainty regarding going concern due to the lack of free unrestricted reserves, though they remain confident in the group's ability to continue for at least 12 months based on current plans. The auditor issued a qualified opinion on the prior year's income completeness, though the current year's accounts were given a qualified opinion only regarding comparability.

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 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of operating costs
“The charity’s policy is to maintain three months of operating costs in free reserves. For the year ended 31 March 2025 this would equate to approximately £136,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“the trustees recognise that the group’s position at the year-end may indicate the existence of a materiality uncertainty over its going concern status. However, the trustees have concluded that, with the plans presented the group can continue for at least 12 months from approval of these accounts.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Trinity Arts Enterprises Limited
“The principal activity of the trading subsidiary is to support the work of Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre Limited.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hilden Park Accountants Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Trinity Theatre (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£178k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
37

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (62% 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: 14.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.6m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2021£674k£670k

Common questions

Is TRINITY THEATRE AND ARTS CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £56,740 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total free reserves of £Nil. The trustees acknowledge a material uncertainty regarding going concern due to the lack of free unrestricted reserves, though they remain confident in the group's ability to continue for at least 12 months based on current plans. The auditor issued a qualified opinion on the prior year's income completeness, though the current year's accounts were given a qualified opinion only regarding comparability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hilden Park Accountants Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of TRINITY THEATRE AND ARTS CENTRE LIMITED earn?

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

Who funds TRINITY THEATRE AND ARTS CENTRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TRINITY THEATRE AND ARTS CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TWODS LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2023£4kEurovision Celebration Tunbridge Wells
The National Lottery Community Fund07/08/2019£10kCreative Ageing
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/11/2018£533k"Transform Trinity"
The National Lottery Community Fund26/10/2016£4kFilm and Social Club for Older People and the installation of a new in
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/02/2000£82k"Trinity Theatre & Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells - Restoration"
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£20kCore service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£100kCapital Grant converted to Revenue
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£65kCore service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£50kCore service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£45Core service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£30kCore service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£40kCore service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£40kCore service support
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council—£43kCore service support

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TRINITY THEATRE AND ARTS CENTRE LIMITED£1.2mUnder £60,0000unclear—material uncertainty
LEEDS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£9.7m——unclear—no doubt
BRISTOL OLD VIC AND THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£7.6m£80,001 - £90,000—above—no doubt
ROSES THEATRE TRUST FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—material uncertainty
SOUTH LONDON THEATRE CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£183k—0below—no doubt
BURY METROPOLITAN ARTS ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt

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