UNIVERSITY OF DERBY THEATRE LIMITED
Registered charity 1129005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERBY THEATRE LIMITED
The main activities of the charity are the running of a learning and community theatre for produced and received work, and also for the use of the theatre space by Univeristy of Derby Theatre Arts students.The charity is engaged with its local community in the provision of facilities to promote and showcase community theatre group work.
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves are in a deficit position of £231,473, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £450,000. The charity relies on significant annual grant funding from the University of Derby and Arts Council England, alongside an intercompany loan facility, to support its operations and mitigate the reserve deficit.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of overhead expenditure, or approximately £450,000 (held: £-231k)
“an appropriate level of unrestricted general reserves would be approximately three months of overhead expenditure, or approximately £450,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Professor Kathryn Mitchell — Vice-Chancellor (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles 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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£556k
Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% 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: 10.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (21/10/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is UNIVERSITY OF DERBY THEATRE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves are in a deficit position of £231,473, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £450,000. The charity relies on significant annual grant funding from the University of Derby and Arts Council England, alongside an intercompany loan facility, to support its operations and mitigate the reserve deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.
Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DERBY THEATRE LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name UNIVERSITY OF DERBY THEATRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND, EQUITY CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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