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SPA THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1092861 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our objects are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education by the encouragement of the arts, including the arts of drama, mime, singing, music, stagecraft and other associated activities, all generally in the Warwick District area of Warwickshire.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS SHALL BE:TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING, MUSIC, ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES, ALL GENERALLY IN THE WARWICK DISTRICT AREA OF WARWICKSHIRE

Area of benefit: THE WARWICK DISTRICT OF WARWICKSHIRE

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: Warwick, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£46k
Latest spending
£38k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £41,607 against total expenditure of £37,631, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £18,965 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their stated policy target of approximately 33% of annual turnover and to cover seasonal cash flow pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Income from Shows (47% of income)
“Income from Shows £21,421 (47%)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 10.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“It can also be seen that the cost of fund raising was 10% of our expenditure, and, as is to be hoped, the income produced exceeded that expenditure.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: about 33% of our annual turnover (reserves figure: £19k)
“we calculate that we need a reserve (at the financial year end) of about 33% of our annual turnover.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 47

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 41
  • Government income: £850 — grants £850 (1); 2% of the £41,607 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 20

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Spa Theatre Company (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£46k£38k
31/12/2024£42k£42k
31/12/2023£21k£18k
31/12/2022£19k£17k
31/12/2021£270£1k

Common questions

Is SPA THEATRE COMPANY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £41,607 against total expenditure of £37,631, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £18,965 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their stated policy target of approximately 33% of annual turnover and to cover seasonal cash flow pressures. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION1£85k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION1£45k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION1£18k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY1£9k
THE J P MARLAND CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE LECHE TRUST1£4k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SWANAGE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPA THEATRE COMPANY£46k—0unclear10.0%no doubt
SWANAGE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
WILTSHIRE CREATIVE FY2026£7.1m£70,001 - £80,000—below—no doubt
SPADS FY2026£59k——unclear—no doubt
HODDESDON (COMMUNITY) SOCIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD. FY2025£319kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
THE OPEN THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£903k—0unclear—no doubt

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