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OLDBURY REPERTORY PLAYERS LTD

Registered charity 502028 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Amateur theatre group.

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Latest income
£135k
Latest spending
£109k
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £26,339 for the year ended 31 July 2025, bringing total unrestricted funds to £369,644. The trustees aim to build reserves to sustain artistic activity and maintain the theatre building, with current holdings exceeding the previous year's £343,305. However, the trustees' report notes that audience attendance has dropped below 60% and requires urgent rectification.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level where they can continue to maintain and improve the standard of the Theatre building and its facilities to meet modern requirements and that the artistic activity be sustained from one year to the next with certainty (held: £370k)
“The trustees aim to build reserves to a level where they can continue to maintain and improve the standard of the Theatre building and its facilities to meet modern requirements and that the artistic activity be sustained from one year to the next with certainty.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: S Clewer, a relation of S Worley, a member of the Board of Trustees, of £3,257
“The company made payments in the period to: S Clewer, a relation of S Worley, a member of the Board of Trustees, of £3,257 (2024: £2,999)”
“M Guest, a member of the Board of Trustees, of £1,496 (2024:£3,895) for maintenance management” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: M Guest, a member of the Board of Trustees, of £1,496 for maintenance management
“The company made payments in the period to: S Clewer, a relation of S Worley, a member of the Board of Trustees, of £3,257 (2024: £2,999)”
“M Guest, a member of the Board of Trustees, of £1,496 (2024:£3,895) for maintenance management” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£135k£109k
31/07/2024£101k£111k
31/07/2023£98k£87k
31/07/2022£69k£89k
31/07/2021£90k£44k

Common questions

Is OLDBURY REPERTORY PLAYERS LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £26,339 for the year ended 31 July 2025, bringing total unrestricted funds to £369,644. The trustees aim to build reserves to sustain artistic activity and maintain the theatre building, with current holdings exceeding the previous year's £343,305. However, the trustees' report notes that audience attendance has dropped below 60% and requires urgent rectification. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OLDBURY REPERTORY PLAYERS LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OLDBURY REPERTORY PLAYERS LTD as a grant recipient include THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/04/2019£6kNew Disabled Toilet Facility
The National Lottery Community Fund17/08/2016£10kRe-furbishment of Theatre Foyer