THE ROUNDHOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1071487 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ROUNDHOUSE

Providing an environment and facilities where young people can further their creative aspirations; developing a broad and mixed artisitc programme to be presented in The Roundhouse; looking after and keeping alive a Grade II* listed building; and operating an economical, sustainable and well-managed organisation.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit on unrestricted funds of £0.9 million for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in free reserves of £1.6 million. This figure is below the trustees' stated policy target of £1.8 million, which the trustees intend to rebuild over the coming years. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Norman Trust — “Principal Supporters The Inflexion Foundation / The Norman Trust / Simon Turner / Winston Taylor” (source page)
• The Inflexion Foundation — “Principal Supporters The Inflexion Foundation / The Norman Trust / Simon Turner / Winston Taylor” (source page)
• Backstage Trust — “Leading Supporters Alex Graham / Backstage Trust (supporter of the Backstage Studio) / Brian and Lynne Magnus” (source page)
• Buttinghill Foundation — “Leading Supporters Alex Graham / Backstage Trust (supporter of the Backstage Studio) / Brian and Lynne Magnus / Buttinghill Foundation” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (48% 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: 26.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon Eric Hugh Turnerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Antonia Kazmeier
• Caspar Joe NORMAN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ella Bennett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jackie Freeman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Johnson Etienne
• Kevin Patrick O'Hare
• Kojo Marfo · trustee of 1 other charity
• Leo Wyndham
• Lorna Clarke
• MARCUS JOHN DAVEY CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Maria Florencia Kassai
• Monique Munroe
• Natasha Mann
• Rosanna Amy Luff
• Roshan Singh
• Sherry Dzinoreva

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Caspar Joe NORMAN — trustee here and at THE NORMAN TRUST
• SIMON ERIC HUGH TURNER — trustee here and at THE INFLEXION FOUNDATION

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).

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 HIGHBURY ROUNDHOUSE ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

• HIGHBURY ROUNDHOUSE ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.1m
• THE NORMAN TRUST income £134k
• ROUNDHOUSE BIRMINGHAM income £233k
• ROUNDABOUT LIMITED income £9.4m
• OCTAGON THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £4.2m
• HOXTON HALL income £825k

Side by side with its peers

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