THE NEW WOLSEY THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1082016 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NEW WOLSEY, THE NEW WOLSEY THEATRE

With a stated mission of presenting high quality, diverse and accessible work, the New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich has emerged as a national leader recognised for the diversity of its audiences; for engaging with a broad cross-section of theatre-going and non-theatre-going communities; for nurturing and developing black and minority ethnic artists; and for its style of actor/musician productions.

Objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, SINGING AND MUSIC, AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFORE PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

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.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £52,788 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £3,356,965 and total expenditure of £3,304,177. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £1,067,155, which is above the stated policy target range of £750,000-£850,000. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Larking Gowen LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Douglas Rintoul — Chief Executive/Artistic Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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 New Wolsey Theatre would like to thank our core funders for their on-going investment and support in enabling the New Wolsey Theatre’s c…” (source page)
• Ipswich Borough Council — “The New Wolsey Theatre would like to thank our core funders for their on-going investment and support in enabling the New Wolsey Theatre’s c…” (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 ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alice Louise Hardaker
• Colm Gerard James Seeley
• Jamie Elliot Beddard
• Jason John Webbsmall-Eghan
• Laura Herbert
• Louise Clark
• Marc Edward Bradbrook
• Sarah Nicola Sheppard
• Wendy Jane Herber

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Side by side with its peers

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