NEW DIORAMA
Registered charity 278795 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as QUICKSILVER THEATRE
To promote, maintain, improve and advance public education through dramatic performance in all forms, to make the arts relevant to the community.To provide recreation/leisure time with the object of improving conditions of life inclusive of youth, age, infirmity, disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances and that such facilities shall be available to the public at large.
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £171,696 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. Per the trustees' report, free, undesignated reserves of £30,500 were below the stated policy target of £138,000, which represents a financial cushion in excess of three months' core salaries and overheads.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £31k; policy: three months' core salaries and overheads)
“The Trustees believe it prudent to aim for a financial cushion in excess of three months’ core salaries and overheads. As of 31 March 2025 this was £138,000 set against free, undesignated reserves of £30,500.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: NDT Cafe & Bar Ltd
“The financial statements consolidate the results of the charity and its wholly owned subsidiary NDT Cafe & Bar Ltd on a line-by-line basis.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Breckman & Company Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£590
Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- PHILIP THOMAS GRAHAMchair
- Anne Maral Devlet
- Emma Romakala Collings
- JAMES DANBY
- Louise Rothnie
- MARK ROSS · trustee of 1 other charity
- Mirium Ryley
- Natalie York
- Tanya Agarwal
- Tom Copley
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NEW DIORAMA financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £171,696 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. Per the trustees' report, free, undesignated reserves of £30,500 were below the stated policy target of £138,000, which represents a financial cushion in excess of three months' core salaries and overheads. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Breckman & Company Ltd.
Who funds NEW DIORAMA?
Funders whose own accounts filings name NEW DIORAMA as a grant recipient include THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION, THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND.
Known funders
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