QUEENS PARK ARTS CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1092147 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIMELIGHT THEATRE

A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTS CENTRE AND THEATRE FOR THE PEOPLE OF AYLESBURY AND BEYOND

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Latest income
£421k
Latest spending
£449k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets decreased from £332,761 to £304,283, driven by a net movement in funds of £(28,478). The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £245,724, which the trustees have designated to cover employee costs in the event of closure, though no specific policy target is stated.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: designated reserves that would be due to the current employees if the Centre faced closure (held: £246k)
“The Charity has set aside designated reserves that would be due to the current employees if the Centre faced closure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£421k£449k
31/08/2024£398k£414k
31/08/2023£364k£349k
31/08/2022£231k£271k
31/08/2021£349k£233k

Common questions

Is QUEENS PARK ARTS CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets decreased from £332,761 to £304,283, driven by a net movement in funds of £(28,478). The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £245,724, which the trustees have designated to cover employee costs in the event of closure, though no specific policy target is stated. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds QUEENS PARK ARTS CENTRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name QUEENS PARK ARTS CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATIONFY2023£180k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATIONFY2024£101k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATIONFY2022£60k
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITYFY2023£20k
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£8kOverheads and operational costs

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2005£4kCommunity garden and hand decorated wall

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 NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
QUEENS PARK ARTS CENTRE LIMITED£421k—0unclear—no doubt
NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt
THE QUESTORS LIMITED FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
QUEENS HALL ARTS FY2025£1.1mUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
WARE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£229k—0above—no doubt
SHAFTESBURY ARTS CENTRE FY2025£287k—0above—no doubt

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