CORNWALL THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 283545 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACORN ARTS CENTRE, THE ACORN THEATRE

As the most westerly, all-year round arts venue in the country, The Acorn, Penzance delivers a wide range of quality cultural activities to a broad demographic. It exists to enhance the quality of life for the people, visitors and artists of West Cornwall, though the development and presentation of diverse performing arts to local people at affordable prices.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with net assets of approximately £444,000, providing a solid foundation for future development. Despite posting a small loss of around £5,000 due to investment in facilities funded from reserves, the organization maintained strong liquidity with current assets of over £85,000. The trustees remain confident in the charity's long-term viability and financial resilience.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL NEVILLE MULLINchair
• Alva Katrina Davey
• John Alexander Findlay
• Oliver David Hunter
• Timothy David Spencer George

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MINACK THEATRE TRUST CIO.

• THE MINACK THEATRE TRUST CIO income £3.0m
• YMCA CORNWALL income £1.3m
• THE GARDENERS' HOUSE - PENZANCE income £1.6m
• LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUP PEMBROKESHIRE income £165k
• PENZANCE AND WEST PENWITH OLD PEOPLES WELFARE TRUST income £425k
• CORNWALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED income £4.9m

Side by side with its peers

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