THE THEATRE ROYAL BATH LIMITED

Registered charity 277723 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, maintain, improve and advance education particularly by the production of educational plays and the encouragement of the Arts including the arts of drama, ballet, music, literature, sculpture and painting, particularly but not exclusively for children and young people

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Latest income
£19.7m
Latest spending
£18.2m
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £1.5 million for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £10.1 million. The Trustees confirm that free reserves of £3.3 million are adequate and that the group is able to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditor.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). 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 31/05/2025)

Total income
£19.7m
Total spending
£18.2m
Cost of raising funds
£79k
Reserves (reported)
£3.3m
Employees
159

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£19.7m£18.2m
31/05/2024£18.8m£17.6m
31/05/2023£14.5m£14.0m
31/05/2022£14.3m£12.4m
31/05/2021£2.9m£3.6m

Common questions

Is THE THEATRE ROYAL BATH LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £1.5 million for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £10.1 million. The Trustees confirm that free reserves of £3.3 million are adequate and that the group is able to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditor. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds THE THEATRE ROYAL BATH LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE THEATRE ROYAL BATH LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MISS BERYL BILLINGS (KNOWN AS MARGOT BOYD) CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND, THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

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

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 MISS BERYL BILLINGS (KNOWN AS MARGOT BOYD) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE THEATRE ROYAL BATH LIMITED£19.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE MISS BERYL BILLINGS (KNOWN AS MARGOT BOYD) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£106k—0unclear—no doubt
THEATRE ROYAL (NORWICH) TRUST LIMITED FY2025£20.2m——below—no doubt
BARNSLEY THEATRE TRUST (1998) LIMITED FY2025£491k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH LONDON THEATRE CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£183k—0below—no doubt
THE BARN THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£243k—0unclear—no doubt

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