METTA THEATRE LTD

Registered charity 1140190 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as METTA

We stage theatrical productions of the highest quality, pushing the boundaries of artistic practice. As well as full productions in theatres, we carry out work such as rehearsed readings and location based pieces such as performances in non-theatrical spaces. We work collaboratively with artists from different fields to make interdisciplinary work that is socially engaged.

Objects

(I) TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE BY STAGING, PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND(II) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THEATRICAL ARTS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MUSIC, MIME, DANCE, CIRCUS, OPERA, PUPPETRY, AND STORY-TELLING);

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £94,115, which the Trustees consider sufficient to continue activities even with a significant drop in funding. The charity reported a net expenditure of £75,326 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £169,441 to £94,115. The organization operates with low fixed costs and relies on project-based funding from grants and donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Leah Michaels
• Lucinda Walker
• MR WILL REYNOLDS
• Nadia Nadif
• Roisin Jane Finnegan

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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