COLCHESTER MERCURY THEATRE LIMITED

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

Latest income

£5.8m

Latest spending

£5.4m

Registered

1964

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£5.8m

Total spending

£5.4m

Cost of raising funds

£600k

Reserves (reported)

£385k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£5.8m	£5.4m
31/03/2024	£5.4m	£5.1m
31/03/2023	£4.9m	£5.3m
31/03/2022	£3.8m	£4.2m
31/03/2021	£2.0m	£1.7m

Common questions

Who funds COLCHESTER MERCURY THEATRE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COLCHESTER MERCURY THEATRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE MARCELA TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£325k
THE MARCELA TRUST	FY2025	£100k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/07/2016	£80k	"Mercury Voices"