YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE TRUST

Registered charity 1208066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity has been established for the public benefit, to promote the arts, primarily (but not exclusively) the arts of drama, ballet, opera, music and the cinema, through the provision, maintenance and support of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE THE ARTS, PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, OPERA, MUSIC AND THE CINEMA, THROUGH THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF THE YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £2,701,022 for the period, with unrestricted reserves of £525,000. This exceeds the trustees' stated ideal reserves target of £170,000, which is defined as covering a twelve-month period of professional fees and overhead expenditure. The charity is currently undertaking a major capital refurbishment project funded by grants and donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~40.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW FRENCHchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Alison Carr Shepperd · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael More-Molyneux
• Rev Paul Glass
• STEPHEN BAMPFYLDE MA · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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