COLCHESTER MERCURY THEATRE LIMITED

Registered charity 232387 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MERCURY THEATRE

Our primary object is to formulate and prepare schemes for and take all necessary steps for the advancement of education and the improvement of public taste through the medium of arts, and in particular the arts of drama, dancing, singing and music.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a record turnover of £5.834m and unrestricted reserves increased to £1,742,862. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditor.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Griffin Chapman. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mercury Theatre Colchester (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 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 (49% 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: 10.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARK TREFOR HOULT-ALLENchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne Torreggiani
• Dominic Collins
• James Bates
• Julia Stephen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karen Elizabeth Morovic
• Karen Louise Goddard · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lorna Fox O'Mahony
• Matthew Brindley
• Paul Tonkinson
• Peter Fremlin
• Rodney Appleyard · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Young

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

Operates in: Essex · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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