FLUID MOTION THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1192793 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We make theatre about lived experiences of mental health. And we do this anywhere and for everyone. Fluid Motion does this through a creative engagement and touring programme, built around one overarching theme connected to mental health. We commission, make and perform theatre and use lived experience as inspiration.

Objects

To advance the arts for public benefit by the promotion in particular, but not exclusively, of the art of drama; and to promote the use of the arts to improve people’s mental health or well being.

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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Latest income
£137k
Latest spending
£175k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total expenditure of £174,986 exceeded total income of £136,730 for the year, resulting in a deficit. The trustees report feeling financial pressures due to reduced grants and donations, noting that free reserves currently stand at £17,500, which equates to approximately four weeks of running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Arts Council England (28% of income)
“Arts Council England 27.6%”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £18k; policy: at least four months of unrestricted expenditure)
“Free reserves currently stand at £17,500 and equate to approximately 4 weeks of running costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“At the point of writing this report we are feeling some financial pressures from a reduction in grants and donations. We have put an action plan in place which is being closely monitored by the Trustees and Management Team.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£137k£175k
31/03/2024£174k£153k
31/03/2023£121k£199k
31/03/2022£246k£178k

Common questions

Is FLUID MOTION THEATRE COMPANY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total expenditure of £174,986 exceeded total income of £136,730 for the year, resulting in a deficit. The trustees report feeling financial pressures due to reduced grants and donations, noting that free reserves currently stand at £17,500, which equates to approximately four weeks of running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FLUID MOTION THEATRE COMPANY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FLUID MOTION THEATRE COMPANY as a grant recipient include THE RAYNE FOUNDATION, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE RAYNE FOUNDATIONFY2024£16kCreative Support Hub
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/02/2026£457kTotton Creative Support Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2025£20kTotton Creative Support Hub
UK government08/02/2023£20kInvestment funds
The National Lottery Community Fund27/01/2023£10kThe Gathering Project

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JUSTICE IN MOTION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FLUID MOTION THEATRE COMPANY£137k—0below—noted
JUSTICE IN MOTION FY2024£334k—0unclear—no doubt
The Montgomery Theatre and Arts Centre Limited FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
Go Live Theatre Projects FY2025£687k——below—no doubt
WOMEN AND THEATRE (BIRMINGHAM) LIMITED FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt
STEPPING OUT THEATRE FY2025£114k—0unclear—no doubt

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