THE MINACK THEATRE TRUST CIO

Registered charity 1166799 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are an open air cliff-side theatre in west Cornwall. Each summer we have up to twenty weeks of varied productions.by professional and amateur companies. The site and the sub-tropical gardens remain open throughout the year. In the exhibition centre we tell the remarkable story of how Rowena Cade, built the Minack Theatre and how her vision is being carried forward.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THOSE ARTS.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £81,363 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted funds carried forward of £4,765,507. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern, noting that the charity depends almost exclusively on earned income and has sufficient reserves to mitigate risks such as visitor reduction or unexpected repairs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RRL LLP. 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 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~23.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% 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: 21.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHARLES JAMES FRANCIS SINCLAIR CBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christian Robert George
• Christopher Mark Haynes
• ELIZABETH ROMANA SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
• JEREMY MARK SINCLAIR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin Luke Moore KC · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert James Sinclair

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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