THE MAYFLOWER THEATRE TRUST

Registered charity 294745 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The primary objectives of the trust as defined by the memorandum and articles of association are the encouragement of the arts, the promotion and advancement of education, and the cultivation and improvement of public education in drama, mime, opera, singing, music, dance, painting, and sculpture, cinema, literature and other arts.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,003,157 after depreciation for the year ended 30 March 2025, supported by strong box office income of £23,962,169. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £2,019,241, which the Board considers in line with their expectation of a minimum of six months of overheads, while total unrestricted funds remain substantial at £7,612,636. The charity confirmed it is a going concern with significant advance ticket sales and cash reserves protecting its ability to continue operations through planned capital works.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £170,001 - £210,000 (FY2024) to £190,001 - £200,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• NEWS: Nuffield Southampton Theatres to reopen after Mayflower Theatre Trust take venues over. number9reviews.blogspot.com · 22/09/2020

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02026445

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Michael Ockwell — Chief Executive (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “Arts Council England” (source page)
• Paris Smith — “Premier Sponsor: Paris Smith” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MCBOYLE, Harriett Rose — director, appointed 30/03/2026on trustee list
• MITCHELL, Lisa — director, appointed 30/03/2026on trustee list
• WILSON, Shevani — director, appointed 21/03/2025on trustee list
• BALLINGER, Angela Dawn — director, appointed 19/04/2024on trustee list
• TOMICIC, Louise Elizabeth — director, appointed 19/04/2024on trustee list
• HALL, Rachel Joanne — director, appointed 30/09/2022on trustee list
• SARGANT, Samuel James Andrew — director, appointed 30/09/2022on trustee list
• ALLISON, Guy John — director, appointed 30/09/2022on trustee list
• FOWLER-STEVENS, Dawn Marie — director, appointed 18/06/2021on trustee list
• ROMERO, Kimberly — director, appointed 18/06/2021on trustee list
• PANTLING, Shaun William — director, appointed 11/03/2016on trustee list
• VAUGHAN, Nicholas John — director, appointed 11/03/2016not on trustee list
• DOWNEY, Helen Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 07/08/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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 30/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nick VAUGHANchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Angela Ballinger
• Dawn Marie Fowler-Stevens
• Guy John Allison
• Harriett Rose McBoyle
• Kimberly Romero
• Lisa Mitchell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louise Tomicic
• Rachel Joanne Hall
• Samuel James Andrew Sargant
• Shaun William Pantling
• Shevani Wilson

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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Side by side with its peers

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