ORANGE TREE THEATRE LTD

Registered charity 266128 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ORANGE TREE THEATRE

As a producing theatre-in-the-round with a full community and education programme, the Orange Tree promotes live theatre to as wide a community as possible, encourages new and "undiscovered" writing and offers resource to the community.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £1,568,165 for the year, driven by record box office sales and significant donations for its capital project. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £746,628, which is within the stated policy target of three to six months' operating costs, indicating strong financial resilience.

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.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (47% 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: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Judy Gibbonschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anita Arora · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carolyn Tracey Backhouse
• Corinne Meredith
• David Norman Marks · trustee of 4 other charities
• Feras Al-Chalabi · trustee of 1 other charity
• Harriet Kate Varley
• India Semper-Hughes
• Indiana Zilpah Lown-Collins
• Lesley Morris
• Marina Jones
• Richard Buxton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Peter Lisney
• Victoria Kent

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

Operates in: Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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