THE PEOPLE'S THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1099248 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The PTC creates and tours original musicals that it aims to make accessible to all. In addition, the company offers free information and educational resources for young people and aspiring artists.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS BY ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING HIGH STANDARDS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£93k

Latest spending

£75k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £17,094 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total unrestricted funds carried forward increasing to £74,816. The directors have set a short-term reserves objective of approximately £15,000, noting that current unrestricted funds are designated for specific projects. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, with the independent examiner confirming no material matters required disclosure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £15,000 (held: £75k)

“The Directors have set the short-term objective of retaining a level of unrestricted reserves of approximately £15,000 to use freely for investment or charitable application.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Chief Executive of the charity is a member of the key management personnel and works as Artistic Director, providing professional services under a self-employed agreement with the Peoples' Theatre Company. The amount for professional services and royalties payable amounted to £24,000 (2024: £27,000)

“The Chief Executive of the charity is a member of the key management personnel and works as Artistic Director, providing professional services under a self-employed agreement with the Peoples' Theatre Company. The amount for professional services and royalties payable amounted to £24,000 (2024: £27,000)” — page 12

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Michael Neil Green
Sadie Buls
Stuart Anthony Lane

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£93k	£75k
31/01/2024	£80k	£85k
31/01/2023	£119k	£98k
31/01/2022	£23k	£48k
31/01/2021	£22k	£29k

Common questions

Is THE PEOPLE'S THEATRE COMPANY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £17,094 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total unrestricted funds carried forward increasing to £74,816. The directors have set a short-term reserves objective of approximately £15,000, noting that current unrestricted funds are designated for specific projects. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, with the independent examiner confirming no material matters required disclosure. 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
BACKSTAGE TRUST	1	£527k
The Caring Family Foundation	1	£260k
The Portal Trust	1	£46k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	1	£18k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	1	£12k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	1	£11k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED.

PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED income £345k
PEOPLE'S PALACE PROJECTS income £1.1m
THE PEOPLE SHOW LIMITED income £70k
THE OPEN THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £903k
PASCAL THEATRE COMPANY income £74k
PRESTON LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £102k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PEOPLE'S THEATRE COMPANY	£93k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED FY2025	£345k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PEOPLE'S PALACE PROJECTS FY2025	£1.1m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PEOPLE SHOW LIMITED FY2025	£70k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE OPEN THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£903k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PASCAL THEATRE COMPANY FY2025	£74k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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