MADDERMARKET THEATRE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 234993 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PLAYS REPRESENTATIVE OF ENGLISH CLASSICAL DRAMATISTS OR AUTHORS INCLUDING MODERN PLAYS AND TRANSLATIONS OR REPRESENTATIVE PLAYS OF FOREIGN DRAMATISTS, ANCIENT AND MODERN.TO CARRY OUT AND CONDUCT THE MADDERMARKET THEATRE AS A CENTRE OF EDUCATION IN THE DRAMATIC ART AND FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST THEREIN.

Objects

The Charity's objects are restricted specifically, for the public benefit, to the provision of activities that improve lives and connect communities through creative arts, and for that purpose to do any of the following as are necessary or expedient:(a) To provide an inclusive, safe, and caring environment by ensuring deep, lasting and respectful partnerships with our community.(b) To provide for the production of plays of Shakespeare, representative plays of other English dramatists or authors including modern plays, and translations of representative plays of foreign dramatists, ancient or modern; (c) To carry on and conduct the Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, or any other theatre in or near Norwich, as a centre of education in the dramatic art, and for the encouragement of public interest therein; (d) To do all such other things as are incidental to or necessary for the attainment of the said objective.

Area of benefit: IN OR NEAR NORWICH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a net surplus of £114,816 for the year ended 31 March 2025, returning to solvency after a previous deficit. Per the trustees' report, the organisation maintains a strong financial position with unrestricted net assets of £338,072, allowing for investment in building maintenance and infrastructure improvements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Dixonchair
• Andrew Paul Adam
• Diane Webb
• Thomas David Porteous
• Tony Fullwood

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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