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WORTHING MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY

Registered charity 1205488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS. THE COMPANY PRESENTS DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES IN WORTHING

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ARTS.

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
£106k
Latest spending
£86k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £70,110, which is above the stated policy target of £21,300 to £42,600. The charity reported a net income surplus of £20,627 for the year, having spent £85,528 on charitable activities against total income of £106,155.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months unrestricted expenditure (held: £70k)
“Worthing Musical Theatre Companys aims to accumulate reserves equal to three to six months unrestricted expenditure. Running costs for the charity are approximately £7,100 per month, therefore our reserves target is between £21,300 to £42,600.”
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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Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£106k£86k
31/05/2024£44k£40k

Common questions

Is WORTHING MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £70,110, which is above the stated policy target of £21,300 to £42,600. The charity reported a net income surplus of £20,627 for the year, having spent £85,528 on charitable activities against total income of £106,155. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£205k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATION1£175k
ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS FOUNDATION1£55k
THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION1£50k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION1£44k
THE BRANSFORD TRUST1£43k
THE BOWERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£27k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£20k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WORTHING MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WORTHING MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY£106k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WORTHING MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIETY FY2024£145k—0unclear—no doubt
RAOS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY FY2025£117k—0above—no doubt
WORCESTER THEATRES CHARITABLE TRUST LTD FY2025£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt
COMPANY THREE THEATRE FY2025£554kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
WOKINGHAM THEATRE FY2025£281k—0unclear—no doubt

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