BOX OF TRICKS THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1146483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOX OF TRICKS

The principal activity of the company remains the advancement of the arts by the promotion in particular, but not exclusively, of the art of drama

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:-TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA

Area of benefit: CITY OF LONDON AND MANCHESTER CITY

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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Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£175k

Latest spending

£142k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the company reported a profit of £32,944 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in total capital and reserves of £12,752. The filing notes that the members did not require an audit, relying on the small companies' regime exemption.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

Government income: £62,500 — grants £62,500 (1); 36% of the £175,154 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

Government income: £66,500 — grants £66,500 (3); 37% of the £179,167 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

ADAM QUAYLE
Amy Fisher · trustee of 1 other charity
Davinia Jokhi
Debbie Androlia
Graeme Gregory
HANNAH TYRELL-PINDER
JOHN ALEXANDER QUAYLE BA, FCCA · trustee of 1 other charity
Kofi Kufuor

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£175k	£142k
05/04/2024	£109k	£130k
05/04/2023	£179k	£202k
05/04/2022	£213k	£223k
05/04/2021	£53k	£74k

Common questions

Is BOX OF TRICKS THEATRE COMPANY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the company reported a profit of £32,944 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in total capital and reserves of £12,752. The filing notes that the members did not require an audit, relying on the small companies' regime exemption.

Who funds BOX OF TRICKS THEATRE COMPANY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BOX OF TRICKS THEATRE COMPANY as a grant recipient include Genesis Foundation, THE FENTON ARTS TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Genesis Foundation	FY2021	£10k	Genesis Kickstart Fund
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	FY2021	£4k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	FY2022	£2k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BACKSTAGE TRUST	1	£1.6m
THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.3m
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£750k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATION	1	£205k
HUO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED	1	£204k
ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION	1	£55k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION	1	£44k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALTRINCHAM LITTLE THEATRE.

ALTRINCHAM LITTLE THEATRE income £60k
THE BURTON MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY income £74k
PRESTON LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £102k
COMPANY THREE THEATRE income £554k
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £434k
BROS THEATRE COMPANY income £55k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BOX OF TRICKS THEATRE COMPANY	£175k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ALTRINCHAM LITTLE THEATRE FY2025	£60k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BURTON MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY FY2025	£74k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PRESTON LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£102k	—	above	—	no doubt
COMPANY THREE THEATRE FY2025	£554k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025	£434k	—	above	—	no doubt

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