ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 255424 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 69 THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Production of plays and other artistic activities

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £752,000 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £3.2m to £2.8m. While the trustees confirm adequate liquidity and a going concern basis, the filing notes significant reliance on Arts Council England grant funding to balance income and expenditure annually.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Ardonagh Community Trust — “Trusts and Foundations Ardonagh Community Trust” (source page)
• The Baring Foundation — “The Baring Foundation” (source page)
• Manchester City Council — “Manchester City Council” (source page)
• The Noël Coward Foundation — “The Noël Coward Foundation” (source page)
• The Oglesby Charitable Trust — “The Oglesby Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The National Lottery Heritage Fund — “The National Lottery Heritage Fund” (source page)
• The Peter Henriques Foundation — “The Peter Henriques Foundation” (source page)
• The Baker Family Charitable Trust — “The Baker Family Charitable Trust” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £67k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (39% 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: 13.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon Martin Johnsonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alison Loveday · trustee of 2 other charities
• Benjamin James Power
• Joanna Katharine Taylor
• Nick Stevens
• RACHEL ANNA FRASER
• Rajeevendra Mahapatra

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Lancashire · Manchester City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON.

• THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON income £82.0m
• NOTTINGHAM ARTS THEATRE LIMITED income £370k
• THE LOWRY CENTRE TRUST income £30.5m
• NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED income £16.3m
• THE TORCH THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED income £1.9m
• THEATRE ROYAL (NORWICH) TRUST LIMITED income £20.2m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.