THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 274697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £106,308 for the year, driven by investment losses, though unrestricted reserves remain at £307,806. The trustees consider this level of free reserves to be in line with their policy target of six months' annual expenditure. The charity confirmed it continues to operate on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' annual expenditure on unrestricted funds (held: £308k)
the level of free reserves should be approximately £307,806. This amount is equivalent to six months’ annual expenditure on unrestricted funds at any one time — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Theatres Trust Charitable Fund pays an annual charge to The Theatres Trust for management and administration costs.
The charge for the year by the Charitable Fund to The Theatres Trust was £151,047 (2024: £166,747). The Trust made a covenanted payment of £467,169 (2024: £427,607) to the Charitable Fund during the year.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Theatres Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£94k
Reserves (reported)
£308k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.5m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2022£1.0m£1.0m
31/03/2021£1.0m£1.2m

Common questions

Is THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £106,308 for the year, driven by investment losses, though unrestricted reserves remain at £307,806. The trustees consider this level of free reserves to be in line with their policy target of six months' annual expenditure. The charity confirmed it continues to operate on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/07/2022£250k"Resilient Theatres: Resilient Communities"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/05/2016£5k"Open up! Cataloguing our Regional Theatres Architectural Archive"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/05/2005£50k"Information Access"

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