OUTSIDE EDGE THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1080948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OUTSIDE EDGE

Provision of professional theatre presentations, drama interventions, preventions, life skill training, and workshops with and for people affected by addiction (chemical or otherwise)

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Latest income
£268k
Latest spending
£263k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £5,211 and unrestricted free reserves of £129,319. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level is maintained at a target of six months' operating costs to ensure viability. The charity reports no material uncertainties related to going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' operating costs (held: £129k)
“the Board will continue to monitor this policy as we settle into the ‘new normal’, but for 2025/26 they decided to maintain this policy and aim to hold six months’ operating costs from the previous year’s overall expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£268k£263k
31/03/2024£216k£211k
31/03/2023£257k£227k
31/03/2022£266k£238k
31/03/2021£248k£193k

Common questions

Is OUTSIDE EDGE THEATRE COMPANY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £5,211 and unrestricted free reserves of £129,319. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level is maintained at a target of six months' operating costs to ensure viability. The charity reports no material uncertainties related to going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OUTSIDE EDGE THEATRE COMPANY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OUTSIDE EDGE THEATRE COMPANY as a grant recipient include MAUDSLEY CHARITY, THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION, HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES, Genesis Foundation, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MAUDSLEY CHARITYFY2022£30kSouth London Drop-in Drama – arts-based recovery for people affected by addiction and serious mental illness
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2025£20kImproving Mental Health portfolio
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2024£20kImproving Mental Health portfolio
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2023£11kTo fund towards supporting the charity to deliver a full year of activities for our Hammersmith-based weekly recovery maintenance activities.
Genesis FoundationFY2022£10kGenesis Kickstart Fund
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUSTFY2025£5k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2024£5k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
DIDYMUSFY2022£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2024£5kArts & Heritage
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITYFY2023£5kGrants
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2022£3kThe Mount Fund - Mental Health
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2023£500This is to contribute towards core running costs.
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2023£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England05/03/2026£10kMoving Recovery for People Affected by Addiction in London
The National Lottery Community Fund02/10/2025£20kIntermediate-level Recovery Maintenance Group for Vulnerable Community Members
City Bridge Foundation11/10/2024£200kGrant to Outside Edge Theatre Company
The National Lottery Community Fund06/06/2024£20kDrop-in Recovery Maintenance Group for Vulnerable People in the Community
Greater London Authority02/12/2019£10kOutside Edge Theatre Company
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2016£10kWrite in Recovery
The National Lottery Community Fund09/04/2014£7kBeaten

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 WATERS EDGE ARTS LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OUTSIDE EDGE THEATRE COMPANY£268k—0unclear—no doubt
WATERS EDGE ARTS LTD FY2025£441k—0unclear—no doubt
TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£2.9m—0above—no doubt
THE THEATRE IN PRISONS AND PROBATION CENTRE FY2025£247k—0unclear—no doubt
THEATRE ORCHARD PROJECTS LIMITED FY2025£560k—0unclear—no doubt
MALVERN THEATRES TRUST LIMITED FY2025£7.1m——unclear—no doubt

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