REGENT'S PARK THEATRE LIMITED

Registered charity 231670 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NSC, THE NEW SHAKESPEARE COMPANY LIMITED, THE OPEN AIR THEATRE REGENT'S PARK

The principal activity of the charity is presenting summer seasons of plays and the provision of bar and catering facilities at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, together with producing plays elsewhere in the UK.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources decreased by 4% to £8,665,030, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. The charity holds free reserves of £1,924,747, which is above its stated target of £1,455,286 for the following year. The Trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Stuart Griffiths OBE — Chair of the Board (source)
• Drew McOnie — Joint Chief Executive / Artistic Director (source)
• James Pidgeon — Joint Chief Executive / Executive Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Andor Charitable Trust — “TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS We are hugely grateful to the Trusts and Foundations who have supported our recent projects, including those who wish…” (source page)

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 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 13.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Katrin Fleischle-Marriott
• Charlotte Aherne
• Dame Susan Ruth Street
• Heather Deanna Clark Charrington
• Jaya Carrier
• Kate Millward
• Partha Bose
• Philippa Helen Boudica Simpson
• ROBERT GLICK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Steve Pennington · trustee of 1 other charity
• TONI ROCHELLE RACKLIN
• Tyrone William Wray Huntley

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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 REGENT'S PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL CHARITABLE FUND.

• REGENT'S PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL CHARITABLE FUND income £138k
• HAMPSTEAD THEATRE LIMITED income £6.0m
• BROWNSEA OPEN AIR THEATRE LIMITED income £76k
• ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN FOUNDATION income £182.1m
• THE REGENT (CHRISTCHURCH) LIMITED income £2.0m
• THE GATE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £224k

Side by side with its peers

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