ROSE BRUFORD COLLEGE OF THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE

Registered charity 307907 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROSE BRUFORD COLLEGE, ROSE BRUFORD COLLEGE OF SPEECH AND DRAMA

Rose Bruford College is a university sector institution providing a range of education and training opportunities and supporting research in the theatrical arts and technologies.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the College reported a small surplus of £100,455 for the year ended 31 July 2025, marking an improvement from the previous year's deficit. The College remains cash-positive and debt-free, with unrestricted reserves of £5,492,413, which are above the stated policy target of approximately £3,600,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Venthams. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £140,001 - £145,000 (FY2024) to £145,001 - £150,000 (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).

• Rosie Clarke - Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance ju.se · 02/12/2022
• Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance independent.co.uk · 09/08/2013

Funders the charity credits

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

• UK Government — “Rose Bruford College receives money from the UK Government’s Turing Scheme to provide financial support for students who wish to study or tr…” (source page)
• European Union — “For 2021-23, some of our study abroad activity continues to be funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ scheme.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Thomas Bols
• Anni Domingo · trustee of 4 other charities
• Christopher Philip Payne
• Dr David John Reid
• GERALDINE KELLY
• Helen Fairfoul
• Janet Smith
• Miles Jon Gibson
• Phoebe Patey-Ferguson
• Randall Shanley Whittaker

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

Operates in: Germany · Kent · Throughout London

Income and spending

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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 BRISTOL OLD VIC THEATRE SCHOOL LIMITED.

• BRISTOL OLD VIC THEATRE SCHOOL LIMITED income £2.8m
• ROSES THEATRE TRUST income £1.9m
• THE ACADEMY FOR THEATRE ARTS LTD income £251k
• THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF DRAMA TRUST income £1.7m
• BRISTOL OLD VIC AND THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED income £7.6m
• THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ART income £16.7m

Side by side with its peers

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