THE COMPANY OF FOUR MUSICAL THEATRE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1071678 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMPANY OF FOUR

Staging Musical Theatre.Operation of Community Centre

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS, TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS, TO ASSIST AND FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ipswich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£95k
Latest spending
£78k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a net surplus of £17,458 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £102,580. The charity's activities, including productions and centre operations, generated sufficient income to cover costs and increase reserves from the previous year.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£95k£78k
30/06/2024£71k£78k
30/06/2023£65k£58k
30/06/2022£24k£34k
30/06/2021£21k£12k

Common questions

Is THE COMPANY OF FOUR MUSICAL THEATRE SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state a net surplus of £17,458 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £102,580. The charity's activities, including productions and centre operations, generated sufficient income to cover costs and increase reserves from the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2005£10kThe Final Celebration

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
CONGLETON INCLOSURE TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE COMPANY OF FOUR MUSICAL THEATRE SOCIETY£95k—0unclear—no doubt
HONITON COMMUNITY THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£37k——unclear—no doubt
CONGLETON MUSICAL THEATRE FY2024£30k—0unclear—no doubt
MID CHESHIRE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£72k—0unclear—no doubt
MUSICAL THEATRE SALISBURY FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
EXMOUTH MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY FY2024£37k—0unclear—no doubt

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