NORTHERN BROADSIDES THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1076764 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTHERN BROADSIDES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Promote, maintain, improve and advance education particularly by the encouragement of the art of drama with particular reference to presenting new and classic texts in a manner firmly rooted in the North of England.

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Latest income

£530k

Latest spending

£430k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an unrestricted surplus of £55,142 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £214,555. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Free reserves are reported at £208,832, which is above the stated policy target range of £130,000 to £150,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £130,000 to £150,000 (held: £215k)

“the newly recommended target range of reserves is set at £130,000 to £150,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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 — “OUR MAIN FUNDER Arts Council England are the national development agency for creativity and culture. They have set out their strategic visio…” (source page)
The Friends of Northern Broadsides — “OUR CURRENT PROJECTS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE FRIENDS OF NORTHERN BROADSIDES We are very grateful to the Friends of Northern Broadsides for thei…” (source page)

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

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

Total income

£530k

Total spending

£430k

Cost of raising funds

£6k

Reserves (reported)

£215k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Deborah Jane Bakerchair
Alicia Marie MCKENZIE
Andrew Pyke
Andrew Rawlinson
Daniel James O'Gorman
Jesse Scott
Kate Mroczkowski · trustee of 1 other charity
Lucinda Anne Harvey
Lydia Christine Murray
Patsy Louise Gilbert
SAFOORA MASOOD MIRZA · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£530k	£430k
31/03/2024	£524k	£551k
31/03/2023	£589k	£649k
31/03/2022	£584k	£599k
31/03/2021	£347k	£359k

Common questions

Is NORTHERN BROADSIDES THEATRE COMPANY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an unrestricted surplus of £55,142 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £214,555. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Free reserves are reported at £208,832, which is above the stated policy target range of £130,000 to £150,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	1	£60k
SCARBOROUGH THEATRE DEVELOPMENT TRUST	1	£54k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£45k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST	1	£3k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£500
SHEFFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXHIBITION FOUNDATION	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FORCED ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED.

FORCED ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED income £724k
SOUTH LONDON THEATRE CENTRE LIMITED income £183k
TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £2.9m
M6 THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £602k
UNITY THEATRE TRUST income £228k
SCARBOROUGH THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTHERN BROADSIDES THEATRE COMPANY	£530k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FORCED ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED FY2025	£724k	—	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH LONDON THEATRE CENTRE LIMITED FY2025	£183k	—	below	—	no doubt
TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£2.9m	—	above	—	no doubt
M6 THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£602k	—	below	—	no doubt
UNITY THEATRE TRUST FY2025	£228k	—	above	—	no doubt

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