PENTABUS ARTS LIMITED
Registered charity 287909 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PENTABUS THEATRE
Pentabus is a contemporary theatre company, producing original plays about the rural world for local and national audiences. Based on a farm in Shropshire, we make a real commitment to the creative health of the countryside, encouraging artists to draw from it and urging communities to participate in it.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £26,739 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources increasing to £549,152. Per the trustees' report, free reserves (unrestricted reserves less designated funds and fixed assets) were a surplus of £4,910, while the charity maintains a closure contingency fund policy aiming for three to six months of operational expenditure cover.
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 operational expenditure (held: £5k)
“The charity's policy is to maintain a closure contingency fund, aiming to accumulate reserves equivalent to between three and six months of operational expenditure.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: J Williams received £500 for acting fees.
“During the year a payment of £500 has been made to a Trustee, J Williams, in consideration for acting fees.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee donations
“During the year, the Charity received donations from Trustees totalling £394 (2024: £324)” — page 37
“donations from Key Management Personnel totalling £42 (2024: £42).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: KMP donations
“During the year, the Charity received donations from Trustees totalling £394 (2024: £324)” — page 37
“donations from Key Management Personnel totalling £42 (2024: £42).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pentabus Theatre (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Alan & Karen Grieve Charitable Trust — “Trusts & Foundations
Alan & Karen Grieve Charitable Trust” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (63% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Anne Helene Juliette Biosse-Duplan
- Berverly Anne Tyley
- Emma Dennis-Edwards
- Francesca Helen Spickernell
- Isabel Frances Margaret Culliss
- Jacoba Kebe Williams
- Joel Peter Edward Hall BA, MMUS
- Kieran Michael O'Flaherty
- Marianne Phoebe Elliott
- Michelle Ann Brown
- Nuala Mary O'Kane
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PENTABUS ARTS LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £26,739 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources increasing to £549,152. Per the trustees' report, free reserves (unrestricted reserves less designated funds and fixed assets) were a surplus of £4,910, while the charity maintains a closure contingency fund policy aiming for three to six months of operational expenditure cover. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds PENTABUS ARTS LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PENTABUS ARTS LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATION, THE ELMLEY FOUNDATION, HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, The Ashley Family Foundation, JERWOOD FOUNDATION.
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