Kiln Theatre
Registered charity 276892 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KILN THEATRE LIMITED, THE TRICYCLE, TRICYCLE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED
The charity uses different art forms to entertain, educate & stimulate audiences, participants and users to contribute towards a more cohesive community.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £528,420 for the year, funded by restricted, designated, and general funds. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,154,449, which the trustees confirmed met their policy target of maintaining between three and six months' operating expenses.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of operating expenses (held: £1.2m)
“Trustees continue to hold the view that general reserves should be maintained at between 3 and 6 months’ operating expenses.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees
“The charity received an aggregate amount of £106,248 in donations from Trustees during the year (2024: £6,134). This included a donation of £100,000 from a family charitable trust of one of the Trustees.” — page 43
“At the year end, the company was owed £53,700 (2024: £24,545) from Tricycle Screen Limited and £8,271 (2024: £8,271) from Kiln London Productions Limited.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amounts owed by subsidiaries
“The charity received an aggregate amount of £106,248 in donations from Trustees during the year (2024: £6,134). This included a donation of £100,000 from a family charitable trust of one of the Trustees.” — page 43
“At the year end, the company was owed £53,700 (2024: £24,545) from Tricycle Screen Limited and £8,271 (2024: £8,271) from Kiln London Productions Limited.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Kiln London Productions Limited, Tricycle Screen Limited
“The charity has two wholly owned subsidiary companies; Kiln London Productions Limited (formerly Tricycle London Productions Limited) and Tricycle Screen Limited.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Nyman Libson Paul 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.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kiln Theatre (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£209k
Reported reserves equal ~3.0 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 (51% 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: 5.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (18/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- SABINE CHALMERSchair
- Alastair Levy
- Aleksandra Barnes
- Heather Anne Doughty
- Katherine Anne Haines
- Letitia Bain
- Louis Charalambous
- Maimuna Enya Memon
- Michael Berg
- Natasha Delia Gordon
- Phillippa Adamson · trustee of 1 other charity
- Stacy Michelle Coyne
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Kiln Theatre financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £528,420 for the year, funded by restricted, designated, and general funds. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,154,449, which the trustees confirmed met their policy target of maintaining between three and six months' operating expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Nyman Libson Paul LLP.
Who funds Kiln Theatre?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Kiln Theatre as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, BACKSTAGE TRUST, WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUST, THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT UK FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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