THE OLD VIC THEATRE TRUST 2000

Registered charity 1072590 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operation and preservation of The Old Vic Theatre; education and community programmes.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves increased to £37.0m, with £4.0m held in unrestricted operational reserves. The charity reports a net surplus of £5.9m for the year, driven by strong ticket and commercial income, and confirms sufficient resources to remain financially viable for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 10 (FY2024) → 17 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Old Vic (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).

• Arts Council England — “The Old Vic gratefully acknowledges support through the Culture Recovery Fund from Arts Council England” (source page)
• Royal Bank of Canada — “Principal Partner since 2015.” (source page)
• Bloomberg Philanthropies — “Tomorrow at The Old Vic Supporters Bloomberg Philanthropies” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon David Warshawchair
• DAVID NORMAN HENDERSON
• Emma Stenning
• GEETA GOPALAN
• Helen Davies KC
• Imogen Brodie
• John Huw Gwili Jenkins
• Pavita Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Charles John · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sheila Atim
• TINA ALEXANDROU

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

Operates in: Lambeth

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.

• Peter Charles John — trustee here and at THE OLD VIC ENDOWMENT TRUST

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OLD VIC ENDOWMENT TRUST.

• THE OLD VIC ENDOWMENT TRUST income £106k
• BRISTOL OLD VIC AND THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED income £7.6m
• TYNE THEATRE AND OPERA HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST income £2.7m
• OLD VICARAGE SCHOOL TRUST income £4.0m
• THE OLD MARKET CHARITABLE TRUST income £558k
• OCTAGON THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £4.2m

Side by side with its peers

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