THEATRE ORCHARD PROJECTS LIMITED

Registered charity 1124391 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Super Culture, TOP

THEATRE PRODUCERS AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC IN THE NORTH SOMERSET REGION

Area of benefit: NORTH SOMERSET REGION

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£560k
Latest spending
£503k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £57,032 for the year, with free unrestricted reserves increasing to £90,752. The trustees consider the overall financial picture to be healthy and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 4 months of core costs which approximately equates to £104,630 (held: £91k)
“the unrestricted funds not committed (‘the free reserves’) held by the charity should equate to 4 months of core costs which approximately equates to £104,630.”
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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£560k
Total spending
£503k
Cost of raising funds
£16k
Reserves (reported)
£91k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City · North Somerset · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£560k£503k
31/03/2024£725k£729k
31/03/2023£637k£689k
31/03/2022£470k£540k
31/03/2021£422k£240k

Common questions

Is THEATRE ORCHARD PROJECTS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £57,032 for the year, with free unrestricted reserves increasing to £90,752. The trustees consider the overall financial picture to be healthy and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/11/2022£10kGLOW creative participation programme
Somerset Community Foundation07/04/2022£5kSummer schools for young people to develop artistic responses to the climate and sustainability
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/08/2019£8k"Gnomus - Giant Stories of Heritage"
The National Lottery Community Fund21/06/2019£10kGNOMUS - CARETAKER OF PLACES
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/07/2018£10k"Weston Super Mare - Re-discovering our tourism heyday"
The National Lottery Community Fund23/07/2014£10kHurly Burly
The National Lottery Community Fund10/05/2012£5kJust a Few Quid- community film project on loan sharking
The National Lottery Community Fund20/10/2008£10kTheatre Orchard Projects (TOP) - phase 2

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 ORANGE TREE THEATRE LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THEATRE ORCHARD PROJECTS LIMITED£560k—0unclear—no doubt
ORANGE TREE THEATRE LTD FY2025£4.6m——within—no doubt
OCTAGON THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.2m——unclear—no doubt
ORCHARD VALE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
THE ORCHARD WOMEN FY2025£331kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE ORCHARD FY2025£106k—0unclear—no doubt

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