THE OLD MARKET CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1181447 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE OLD MARKET, TOM, TOMCT

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEPUBLIC BY THE OPERATION OF A THEATRE KNOWN AS THE OLD MARKET IN BRIGHTON ANDHOVE, EAST SUSSEX.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEPUBLIC BY THE OPERATION OF A THEATRE KNOWN AS THE OLD MARKET IN BRIGHTON ANDHOVE, EAST SUSSEX.

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: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of £38,171 for the 15-month period, resulting in negative unrestricted reserves of £44,863 against a policy target of £150,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity is dependent on fluctuating trading income and core sponsorship, though it maintains sufficient liquidity to meet obligations as they fall due.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 05/02/2026, 5 days after the 31/01/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: THE OLD MARKET BAR LTD Companies House 12310211

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (60% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joanna Torodechair
• Donald James Pawley
• LORETTA MCNICHOLAS
• PAUL GERARD WINTER
• Ralph George Johnson
• STEPHEN MCNICHOLAS
• WILLIAM LUKE CRESSWELL

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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

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• THE WARDROBE THEATRE income £503k
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Side by side with its peers

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