COLLECTIVE ENCOUNTERS

Registered charity 1105790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Collective Encounters is a small professional arts organisation specialising in theatre as a tool for social change.

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Latest income
£287k
Latest spending
£321k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing resource of £33,596 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £87,137 to £80,221. Total resources on the balance sheet fell to £93,757, while the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate reserves fund to protect the organisation in the event of declining income (held: £80k)
“The Trustees have agreed to build up an adequate reserves fund to protect the organisation in the event of declining income” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£287k£321k
31/03/2024£283k£288k
31/03/2023£277k£235k
31/03/2022£272k£273k
31/03/2021£292k£280k

Common questions

Is COLLECTIVE ENCOUNTERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing resource of £33,596 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £87,137 to £80,221. Total resources on the balance sheet fell to £93,757, while the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COLLECTIVE ENCOUNTERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COLLECTIVE ENCOUNTERS as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST, SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND, THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUST, CURIOUS MINDS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSICFY2025£30k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kMerseyside
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUNDFY2022£2k
THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£2k
CURIOUS MINDSFY2024£870CASE Leadership Programme
CURIOUS MINDSFY2023£600CASE Leadership Programme

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/02/2026£20kTogether we thrive
The National Lottery Community Fund05/07/2024£18kCommunity Chronicles
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/01/2024£49k"Radical Retrospectives: celebrating 20 years of Collective Encounters"
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2023£10kShared Voices
The National Lottery Community Fund24/06/2022£105kWomen in Action
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2020£9kWomen in Action
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/11/2019£29k"Women in Action: Stories of Hope, Resilience & Resistance"
The National Lottery Community Fund20/12/2018£8kLive & Learn
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2014£193kThe Transitions Project
The National Lottery Community Fund10/08/2011£110kTransitions
The National Lottery Community Fund11/10/2006£70kState of the Nation
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2005£5kLiving Place Project
The National Lottery Community Fund23/08/2004£5k'Regeneration: A Creative Exploration'

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 Together Collective.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COLLECTIVE ENCOUNTERS£287k—0unclear—no doubt
Together Collective FY2025£739k—0above—no doubt
THE RAZE COLLECTIVE FY2025£120k—0unclear—no doubt
People's Theatre Collective Ltd FY2025£184k—0within—no doubt
ENCOUNTER ARENA FY2024£261k—0unclear—no doubt
GRIEF ENCOUNTER FY2025£3.0m——unclear—no doubt

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