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GECKO THEATRE

Registered charity 1194001 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GECKO THEATRE LIMITED

Gecko creates inspiring and provocative performance that explores contemporary themes and delivers cutting-edge training and participation. Blending choreography, sound, lighting and design to create our worlds and using breath, emotion, multiple languages and metaphor to tell our stories, we provide experiences of the highest quality for audiences, students, communities and artists.

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Latest income
£410k
Latest spending
£701k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £291,905 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves falling to £109,184. The trustees report that the settlement of a long-running HMRC dispute enabled the repayment of short-term loans and the stabilization of operations. They confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Cash reserves £40k at all times; General reserves target £60k as of 31 March each year (held: £109k)
“Gecko's policy is to maintain reserves of - Cash reserves £40k at all times - General reserves target (net current assets excluding Theatre Tax Credit, Total Fixed Assets and Restricted Funds) is £60k as of 31 March each year”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£765k
Total spending
£781k
Cost of raising funds
£48
Reserves (reported)
£151k
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£410k£701k
31/03/2024£765k£781k
31/03/2023£797k£910k
31/03/2022£988k£709k

Common questions

Is GECKO THEATRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £291,905 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves falling to £109,184. The trustees report that the settlement of a long-running HMRC dispute enabled the repayment of short-term loans and the stabilization of operations. They confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/01/2024£165k"From Here On: A landmark theatre event exploring the heritage of Kindertransport and acts of safe passage asking, what does sanctuary mean t"