STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 253242 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEW VIC THEATRE

Latest income

£6.1m

Latest spending

£6.3m

Registered

1967

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

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

Total income

£6.1m

Total spending

£6.3m

Cost of raising funds

£773k

Reserves (reported)

£1.2m

Employees

129

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

BRYAN CARNESchair
Ann Elizabeth Fisher
Anne Lakin
Ayad Al-Ani
Dorothy Joan Wilson
Dr Thomas Christopher John Petty
Gabriella Kervelle Avilon Gay
Natasha Prince
Penelope Ann Smith
Professor David Amigoni
Sarah Ann Hill
Wendy Dean

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Shropshire · Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£6.1m	£6.3m
31/03/2024	£5.2m	£5.5m
31/03/2023	£4.4m	£4.9m
31/03/2022	£4.7m	£3.9m
31/03/2021	£3.4m	£3.0m

Common questions

Who funds STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include DENISE COATES FOUNDATION, THE CHARTLEY FOUNDATION, Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire, THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND, THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
DENISE COATES FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2.7m
DENISE COATES FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1.3m
DENISE COATES FOUNDATION	FY2022	£1.1m
DENISE COATES FOUNDATION	FY2025	£602k
THE CHARTLEY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£41k
THE CHARTLEY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£30k
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire	FY2023	£20k
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND	FY2025	£5k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£2k

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	15/08/2024	£147k	"Arthur Berry 100"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/04/2022	£45k	"Round at The Vic - 60 years of theatre-making in North Staffordshire"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/08/2020	£28k	"COVID19: Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Ltd"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/12/2017	£10k	"MINERSÂ’ The Minnie Pit Disaster"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/09/2016	£19k	"The Wedgwood Institute"