BRISTOL OLD VIC AND THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 228235 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRISTOL OLD VIC TRUST LIMITED

To produce year-round seasons of high quality, exciting drama in the historic auditorium serviced by a fit-for-purpose 21st century facilityTo provide an extensive programme of outreach work inspired by the repertoire and the needs of the local and regional communitiesTo take the lead in the local and regional theatre and cultural sceneTo safeguard the heritage of the Theatre Royal building

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,018k for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by rising costs in staff wages, energy, and materials. Despite this deficit, the charity holds total reserves of £12,346k, with unrestricted reserves of £1,179k remaining above the stated policy target of £618k. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 4 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)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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: 8.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aisha Thomas
• Anna-Sophie Beatrice Brendel
• BERNARD DONOGHUE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Francis Sharp
• Craig Cheney · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elisabeth Byrne
• Katherine Frances Anthony Wilkinson
• LaToyah McAllister-Jones
• Laura Frude
• Nicholas Aaron Jeremy Lee
• The Very Reverend Amanda Kirstine Ford · trustee of 2 other charities
• Timi Oni

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NEW THEATRE ROYAL-TRUSTEES (PORTSMOUTH) LIMITED.

• THE NEW THEATRE ROYAL-TRUSTEES (PORTSMOUTH) LIMITED income £1.4m
• THE WARDROBE THEATRE income £503k
• THE OLD VIC THEATRE TRUST 2000 income £25.5m
• MALVERN THEATRES TRUST LIMITED income £7.1m
• TRINITY THEATRE AND ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £1.2m
• STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £6.1m

Side by side with its peers

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