VITAL XPOSURE LIMITED
Vital Xposure is a disability-led theatre company that educates about diversity through theatreproductions and training programmes that expose and challenge cultural and social prejudice.
Objects
TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF THE ART OF DRAMA.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £21,796 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £191,140 to £169,344. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity's reserves policy targets a contingency reserve of three months' operating costs, currently set at £42,017.
What the accounts disclose
“The level of this reserve is reviewed at least annually by Trustees and is set at 3 months’ operating costs. This currently equates to £42,017”
“Costs of £3,840 have been accrued in the accounts for reimbursement for Access Support for one trustee. The amount outstanding at the year end is £3,840.”
Policies the charity declares
- 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
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
- Arielle Michelle Etheridge
- Christopher Samuel Pike
- Claudia Emily Graham
- Imogen Charvill Ryall
- Jamie Swift Drake
- Kate Elizabeth Baiden
- Rima Dodd
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £284k | £306k |
| 31/03/2024 | £304k | £204k |
| 31/03/2023 | £272k | £295k |
| 31/03/2022 | £154k | £119k |
| 31/03/2021 | £139k | £131k |
Common questions
Is VITAL XPOSURE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £21,796 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £191,140 to £169,344. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity's reserves policy targets a contingency reserve of three months' operating costs, currently set at £42,017. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds VITAL XPOSURE LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name VITAL XPOSURE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £3k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 19/05/2023 | £10k | Wellspring |
| UK government | 13/10/2022 | £192k | National Portfolio Organisations |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 11/05/2022 | £8k | "Quiet Rebels" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 04/02/2022 | £10k | Quiet Rebels Outreach |
| City Bridge Foundation | 26/01/2021 | £86k | Grant to Vital Xposure |
| City Bridge Foundation | 31/01/2018 | £57k | Grant to Vital Xposure |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| BACKSTAGE TRUST | 3 | £375k |
| JOHN LYON'S CHARITY | 2 | £290k |
| JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION | 2 | £240k |
| THE IDLEWILD TRUST | 2 | £10k |
| THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION | 2 | £5k |
| THE REED FOUNDATION | 1 | — |
| THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION | 1 | £152k |
| SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST | 1 | £100k |
Charities like this
- THEATRE503 LIMITED
- ALTERNATIVE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED
- HEAD2HEAD THEATRE
- BRISTOL OLD VIC AND THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED
- THE STOCK EXCHANGE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC SOCIETY
- EXETER LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VITAL XPOSURE LIMITED | £284k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THEATRE503 LIMITED | £553k | — | 0 | unclear | — | noted |
| ALTERNATIVE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED | £2.7m | Greater than £60,000 | 1 | below | — | no doubt |
| HEAD2HEAD THEATRE | £219k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| BRISTOL OLD VIC AND THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED | £7.6m | £80,001 - £90,000 | — | above | — | no doubt |
| THE STOCK EXCHANGE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC SOCIETY | £157k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |