BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE LIMITED
Registered charity 223660 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BIRMINGHAM REP, THE REP
Birmingham Repertory Theatre is a producing theatre based in Birmingham, UK.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts disclose significant inter-group transactions and balances between the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Limited group entities, including profit distributions and commissioning fees. The group holds substantial operating lease commitments totaling £4,847,000 for the year ending 2025. No independent audit report or specific reserves policy is stated in the provided text.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£2.8m
Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (63% 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: 18.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (09/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Andy Street CBEchair
- Adrian Anthony Lester
- Andrew James Holden
- Atif Ali
- Ayub Khan MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
- Bradley Andrew Morrison
- Councillor Deborah Harries · trustee of 1 other charity
- Councillor Kenneth Wood · trustee of 1 other charity
- John Hornby
- Mark Smith
- Natasha Harris
- RACHEL ROUSSEL-TYSON
- Tracey Orr
- Victoria Fiona Marsom
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Croatia · Germany · Italy · Japan · Netherlands · Poland · Scotland · South Korea · Spain · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts disclose significant inter-group transactions and balances between the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Limited group entities, including profit distributions and commissioning fees. The group holds substantial operating lease commitments totaling £4,847,000 for the year ending 2025. No independent audit report or specific reserves policy is stated in the provided text.
Who funds BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION, BACKSTAGE TRUST, THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND, THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION, THE REED FOUNDATION.
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