MANDALA THEATRE COMPANY CIO

Registered charity 1194229 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Mandala Theatre Company CIO delivers training to young people and pathways for young artists for the advancement of education in the arts in Oxford, and the surrounding area, in particular but not exclusively through the creation and performance of theatre productions.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS IN OXFORD, AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE CREATION AND PERFORMANCE OF THEATRE PRODUCTIONS.

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
£244k
Latest spending
£217k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £170,203, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover staff notice periods and contractual obligations. The charity reports being in a reasonably good financial position, supported by extended core funding from Arts Council England, though it notes a need to grow income to sustain its creative programme.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£244k£217k
31/03/2024£134k£98k
31/03/2023£206k£181k
31/03/2022£276k£178k

Common questions

Is MANDALA THEATRE COMPANY CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £170,203, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover staff notice periods and contractual obligations. The charity reports being in a reasonably good financial position, supported by extended core funding from Arts Council England, though it notes a need to grow income to sustain its creative programme. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MANDALA THEATRE COMPANY CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MANDALA THEATRE COMPANY CIO as a grant recipient include THE BLAGRAVE TRUST, THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN UK TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2022£23kThe National Lottery Community Fund (Restart Youth)
THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN UK TRUSTFY2022£20kPhoenix Fund grants
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2022£400Increasing civil society's accountability to young people

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/01/2025£17k'Countering Loneliness' Film Project / Mandala Young Company
The National Lottery Community Fund23/09/2022£10k'Mad(e) not Mad'
UK government23/03/2022£30kArts Council National Lottery Project Grants
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2021£10k'Shared Humanity'

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ACADEMY FOR THEATRE ARTS LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MANDALA THEATRE COMPANY CIO£244k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ACADEMY FOR THEATRE ARTS LTD FY2025£251k—0below—noted
TALL STORIES THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£2.9m—0above—no doubt
THE BRIDGE THEATRE TRAINING COMPANY FY2025£293k—0below—material uncertainty
MENAGERIE THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£124k—0below—no doubt
CHADS THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£105k—0above—no doubt

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