UTOPIA THEATRE

Registered charity 1192008 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As a leading voice for African Theatre, we produce and create for the British and international stage, exceptional world class African theatre with imaginative flair. We create old and new plays and re-imagine classics in a way that demonstrates their contemporary relevance and appeal to a new audience and regular theatregoers.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS THROUGH THEATRE PRODUCTIONS, AND CREATING ACTIVITIES,WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS FOR EXISTING AND EMERGING ACTORS, PLAYWRIGHTS AND OTHER THEATREPRACTITIONERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UK PUBLIC AND TO ENGAGE WIDER WITH AFRICAN THEATRE IN THEUK AND INTERNATIONALLY.2. TO PROMOTE RACIAL HARMONY PARTICULARLY THE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIALGROUPS BY PROMOTING THEATRICAL ACTIVITIES IN RACIALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.

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: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity achieved a net surplus of £17,256 for the year, with total incoming resources of £874,956 against total expenditure of £857,700. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at £119,757, representing approximately 1.6–1.7 months of expenditure, which they consider modest but acceptable given secured funding. The Charity is confirmed to be a going concern with adequate resources for at least 12 months from the date of approval.

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 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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 30/06/2021 (received 03/05/2022, 3 days after the 30/04/2022 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Utopia Theatre (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Theatre — “Developed with support from the National Theatre's Generate programme.” (source page)

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 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 (77% 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

• Maxine Jacqueline Greaveschair
• Dr Preeti Raghunath
• Joanna ROSE GRAHAM
• Olubukola Oshin
• Rhonda Allen
• VICTORIA ANNE MARRETT

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TIATA FAHODZI LTD.

• TIATA FAHODZI LTD income £427k
• PAPATANGO THEATRE COMPANY LTD income £334k
• UNITY THEATRE income £630k
• THEATRE-RITES income £278k
• THEATRE UNCUT PRODUCTIONS income £13k
• OUTSIDE EDGE THEATRE COMPANY income £268k

Side by side with its peers

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