PROGRESS THEATRE

Registered charity 1182798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7248580 · Wikipedia · also known as THE PROGRESS THEATRE

The promotion of the education of the general public in Reading and elsewhere in the performing arts, and the provision and maintenance of a theatre.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN READING AND ELSEWHERE IN THE PERFORMING ARTS; AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE , THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A THEATRE.

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: Reading, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Progress Theatre reported an excess of receipts over payments of £33,068.88 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in net assets of £134,888.84. The trustees' report notes that the charity has established a reserves policy and robust financial monitoring to support informed decision-making on spending and risk. The organization remains committed to maintaining its technical infrastructure and securing future funding for major projects such as the auditorium roof replacement.

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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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 31/08/2022 (received 02/07/2023, 2 days after the 30/06/2023 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Terence Cyril Mackaychair
• John Ronald Goodman
• Kate Mary Whiting
• Letticia June Rushaija
• MARK TAYLOR
• Stephen Guy Nicholls

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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