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THE BARN THEATRE PROJECT

Registered charity 1174253 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, maintain, improve and enhance access to all aspects of professional and amateur performing art and the development of public appreciation of such art and to advance public education in relation to it

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY, IN EACH CASE ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ENHANCE ACCESS TO ALL ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR PERFORMING ART AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN RELATION TO IT.

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cotswold, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2.5m
Latest spending
£2.5m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £12,227 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £2,479,851. Unrestricted reserves stood at £205,727, while the trustees aim to maintain reserves equivalent to three months of expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with auditors confirming no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure (reserves figure: £206k)
“Our aim is to form carried forward reserves amounting to three months of expenditure to support the continued operations of the charity.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Sales of £784 and outstanding balance of £162 to Ingleside Heritage Limited, a company in which a Trustee is a director.
“During the period sales of £784 (2024 - £1,673) were made to lngleside Heritage Limited, a company in which a Trustee of The Barn Theatre Project is a director. There was £162 outstanding at the period end (2024 - £255).” — page 29
“During the period loans were made to Barn Digital Media Ltd £12,700 for film equipment (2024 - £nil), a company in which a Trustee of The Barn Theatre Project is a director. This balance remains outstanding at the period end. Futhermore, sales of £2,800 (2024 - £nil) and purchases of £14,500 were made.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loans of £12,700, sales of £2,800 and purchases of £14,500 with Barn Digital Media Ltd, a company in which a Trustee is a director.
“During the period sales of £784 (2024 - £1,673) were made to lngleside Heritage Limited, a company in which a Trustee of The Barn Theatre Project is a director. There was £162 outstanding at the period end (2024 - £255).” — page 29
“During the period loans were made to Barn Digital Media Ltd £12,700 for film equipment (2024 - £nil), a company in which a Trustee of The Barn Theatre Project is a director. This balance remains outstanding at the period end. Futhermore, sales of £2,800 (2024 - £nil) and purchases of £14,500 were made.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Sales of £19,489, outstanding balance of £920, and working capital loan of £21,466 with Barn Theatre Enterprises Limited, a company in which a Trustee is a director.
“During the period sales of £784 (2024 - £1,673) were made to lngleside Heritage Limited, a company in which a Trustee of The Barn Theatre Project is a director. There was £162 outstanding at the period end (2024 - £255).” — page 29
“During the period loans were made to Barn Digital Media Ltd £12,700 for film equipment (2024 - £nil), a company in which a Trustee of The Barn Theatre Project is a director. This balance remains outstanding at the period end. Futhermore, sales of £2,800 (2024 - £nil) and purchases of £14,500 were made.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Purchases of £184,182 and outstanding balance of £7,492 from Ingleside Heritage Limited, a company in which a Trustee is a director.
“During the period sales of £784 (2024 - £1,673) were made to lngleside Heritage Limited, a company in which a Trustee of The Barn Theatre Project is a director. There was £162 outstanding at the period end (2024 - £255).” — page 29
“During the period loans were made to Barn Digital Media Ltd £12,700 for film equipment (2024 - £nil), a company in which a Trustee of The Barn Theatre Project is a director. This balance remains outstanding at the period end. Futhermore, sales of £2,800 (2024 - £nil) and purchases of £14,500 were made.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Barn Theatre Enterprises Limited
“The Charity has a subsidiary company Barn Theatre Enterprises Limited whose results are not consolidated in these accounts as the Trustees feel that the Company's results are not material to the Charity.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Regulatory Audit. Discloses 5 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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £22,000 — grants £22,000 (1); under 1% of the £2,479,851 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £26,640 — grants £26,640 (1); 1% of the £1,938,457 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £20,000 — grants £20,000 (2); 1% of the £1,749,525 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Corporate structure

BARN THEATRE ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

    Leadership, per the charity’s website

    Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

    Company officers (Companies House)

    Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

    Official officers record.

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

    Total income
    £2.5m
    Total spending
    £2.5m
    Cost of raising funds
    £78k
    Reserves (reported)
    £63k
    Employees
    21

    Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

    Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% 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: 3.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Gloucestershire

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/12/2025£2.5m£2.5m
    31/12/2024£1.9m£1.9m
    31/12/2023£1.7m£1.7m
    31/12/2022£1.3m£1.2m
    31/03/2022£1.1m£1.1m

    Common questions

    Is THE BARN THEATRE PROJECT financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £12,227 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £2,479,851. Unrestricted reserves stood at £205,727, while the trustees aim to maintain reserves equivalent to three months of expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with auditors confirming no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Regulatory Audit.

    Who funds THE BARN THEATRE PROJECT?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BARN THEATRE PROJECT as a grant recipient include CHK Foundation, SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUST, COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATION.

    Known funders

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

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    CHK FoundationFY2023£30k
    CHK FoundationFY2024£30k
    SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
    SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
    COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kLocal Residents
    CHK FoundationFY2023£5k
    THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
    THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
    COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2kOlder people
    THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATIONFY2023amount not stated
    COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024amount not statedLocal Residents

    Government & lottery funding

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

    FunderDateAmountPurpose
    The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/05/2024£147k"Project Orpheus"
    The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2019£10kBarnstormers Community Choir

    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.

    FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
    THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION1£18k
    THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUST1£13k
    THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND1£10k
    THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY1£9k
    THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY1£7k
    MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
    THE HARDING TRUST1£3k
    SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BARN THEATRE TRUST LIMITED.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    THE BARN THEATRE PROJECT£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt
    THE BARN THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£243k—0unclear—no doubt
    BARNES COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE FY2025£800k—0unclear—no doubt
    THE SEWELL BARN THEATRE TRUST FUND FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt
    GLADSTONE THEATRE TRUST FY2025£386k—0unclear—no doubt
    THE OPEN THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£903k—0unclear—no doubt

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