THE WOLVERHAMPTON GRAND THEATRE (1982) LIMITED

Registered charity 515154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GRAND THEATRE

The operation of the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton.

Objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THERFOR PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a total comprehensive income surplus of £574,241 for the year ended 31 August 2025, an improvement from the previous year's surplus of £272,175. The directors confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing existing reserves and significant liquid assets as support for this assessment. Unrestricted reserves stood at £4,753,626, with the board noting that costs have been tightly controlled despite market pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Muras Baker Jones Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01731876
• Trading subsidiary: WOLVERHAMPTON GRAND THEATRE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED Companies House 10647264

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wolverhampton Grand Theatre (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• GRANT, Kiri Anne — director, appointed 22/01/2026on trustee list
• KHUTAN, Ranjit Kumar — director, appointed 20/11/2025on trustee list
• TATHAM, Bridget Anne — director, appointed 20/11/2025on trustee list
• WORTHINGTON, Tracy Katrina — director, appointed 17/07/2025on trustee list
• BOURTON-PAYNE, Ben — director, appointed 25/04/2024on trustee list
• JONES, Duncan Charles Allan — director, appointed 17/10/2023on trustee list
• RANA, Major Singh — director, appointed 18/01/2022on trustee list
• HUDMAN, Samuel James — director, appointed 22/07/2021on trustee list
• BRENNAN, Anne-Marie — secretary, appointed 01/03/2023

Official officers record.

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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

• Duncan Charles Allen Joneschair
• Ben Bourton-Payne
• Bridget Tatham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kiri Grant
• Major Rana
• Ranjit Khutan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samuel Hudman
• Tracy Worthington

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

Operates in: Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLACKPOOL GRAND THEATRE (ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS) LIMITED.

• BLACKPOOL GRAND THEATRE (ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS) LIMITED income £5.3m
• WORCESTER THEATRES CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £2.6m
• THE OLD VIC THEATRE TRUST 2000 income £25.5m
• THE THEATRE ROYAL BATH LIMITED income £19.7m
• WORTHING MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY income £106k
• THE CHIPPING NORTON THEATRE LIMITED income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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