CORBY CUBE THEATRE TRUST

Registered charity 1139035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CORE AT CORBY CUBE

To provide art for the benefit of the public, in particular (without limitation) the dramatic, musical, performance, literacy and visual arts in Corby and East Northamptonshire.

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted operating deficit of £7,735 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted general reserves decreasing to £84,740. The trustees confirm that cash-flow projections disclose sufficient liquidity to continue carrying out charitable activities for at least twelve months, and the independent auditors found no material uncertainties related to going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: earned income (59% of income)
“A total of 59% of the Trust’s income was generated through ticket sales, bars, café and fundraising.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £40,000 to cover one month of essential operating costs (held: £85k)
“A budget for the Business Plan period has an established an annual surplus target to maintain or achieve our reserves target of £40,000 to cover one month of essential operating costs.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Core at Corby Cube (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 26/03/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£163k
Reserves (reported)
£85k
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 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 (48% 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: 11.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
26/03/2025£1.4m£1.4m
26/03/2024£1.4m£1.5m
26/03/2023£1.3m£1.2m
28/03/2022£990k£920k
28/03/2021£724k£665k

Common questions

Is CORBY CUBE THEATRE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted operating deficit of £7,735 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted general reserves decreasing to £84,740. The trustees confirm that cash-flow projections disclose sufficient liquidity to continue carrying out charitable activities for at least twelve months, and the independent auditors found no material uncertainties related to going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds CORBY CUBE THEATRE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CORBY CUBE THEATRE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSICFY2023£150k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£15k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£9k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/05/2019£10kGrow Festival 2019 ? Community Feast

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 CUMBRIA THEATRE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CORBY CUBE THEATRE TRUST£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
CUMBRIA THEATRE TRUST FY2025£4.0m—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ARTS MANAGEMENT TRUST FY2025£11.6m——below—no doubt
BRISTOL OLD VIC AND THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£7.6m£80,001 - £90,000—above—no doubt
LEEDS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£9.7m——unclear—no doubt
SCARBOROUGH THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.1m——below—noted

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