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MOTIONHOUSE

Registered charity 328693 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education of the public by productions and encouragement of the arts. During the year we have delivered touring dance performances within theatres and within public spaces, performances at street festivals, workshops with schools, professional development, adult community classes, holiday projects for children, rental of dance studio to local community group

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £63,935 for the year, reducing its total unrestricted reserves to £628,239. The trustees note that the financial outlook for the next three years is challenging due to standstill funding and rising costs, but they are confident in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants - ACE NPO (39% of income)
“the ACE NPO grant was 39% of the total Income.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: cover all liabilities, including the potential costs of winding up the Charity if circumstances required (held: £628k)
“The Charity’s policy is to achieve a level of reserves that would cover all liabilities, including the potential costs of winding up the Charity if circumstances required.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HB&O Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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).

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.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£46k
Reserves (reported)
£628k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 3.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.2m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2021£921k£950k

Common questions

Is MOTIONHOUSE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £63,935 for the year, reducing its total unrestricted reserves to £628,239. The trustees note that the financial outlook for the next three years is challenging due to standstill funding and rising costs, but they are confident in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HB&O Ltd.

Who funds MOTIONHOUSE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MOTIONHOUSE as a grant recipient include JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICK, THE SAINTBURY TRUST, THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST, THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2023£65kTowards the core costs for their artistic team salaries and fees
THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICKFY2024£5k
THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICKFY2023£5kTown Share Grant
THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2023£4kThe Advancement of Arts, Culture, Heritage or Science
THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICKFY2025£3kTown Share Grant
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2023£3kArts and Culture
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST2£10k
THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION1£131k
The Portal Trust1£87k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£41k
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION1£20k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION1£15k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£8k
THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DANCEBOX THEATRE WORKS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOTIONHOUSE£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
DANCEBOX THEATRE WORKS FY2025£1.5m£75,0002above—no doubt
MOTION CONTROL DANCE FY2025£149kUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
The Montgomery Theatre and Arts Centre Limited FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
DONCASTER PERFORMANCE VENUE LIMITED FY2025£3.6m—0below—no doubt
SOUTH LONDON THEATRE CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£183k—0below—no doubt

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