THE CRESCENT THEATRE LIMITED

Registered charity 245054 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CRESCENT THEATRE, THE CRESCENT THEATRE COMPANY

The Crescent Theatre Limited continues to provide the resources for a wide-ranging programme of theatre productions staffed by its amateur membership, at the same time offering hiring facilities to independent musical societies and other groups. Bar and refreshment services for patrons and members together with costume, properties and furniture hire services are also provided.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AMONG THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, DRAMATIC AUTHORSHIP MIME, DANCING, SINGING AND MUSIC. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Area of benefit: CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

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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Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £419,435, an increase from the previous year's £398,893. The trustees confirm that budgeted income and expenditure, combined with current reserves, are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Locke Williams Associates LLP. 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kevin Middletonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrew Elkington
• Elizabeth Plumpton
• JACQUELINE PETINO BLACKWOOD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kimberley Maynard
• ROSEMARY ANNE SNAPE
• Rodney Victor Natkiel
• STEVEN DAVIS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Vera Eileen Dean

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CRESCENT THEATRE TRUST LTD.

• THE CRESCENT THEATRE TRUST LTD income £29k
• BENCH THEATRE income £38k
• THE CRESCENT TRUST income £195k
• CRESCENT ARTS income £111k
• LEEDS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £9.7m
• RIVERSIDE THEATRE COMPANY income £35k

Side by side with its peers

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