NORTHERN STAGE (THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS) LIMITED

Registered charity 700055 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTHERN STAGE

Northern Stage is the largest producing theatre company in the North East of England. We offer a wide range of people world-class theatrical experiences through a high-quality programme in Newcastle, an innovative programme of participation activities and touring productions throughout the UK.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £128,230 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant reduction from the previous year's £340,631 deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £292,533, which is marginally below the stated policy target of a minimum £100,000 in free reserves, though the charity anticipates rebuilding reserves to meet policy levels by 2026/27.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Northern Stage (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Natalie Ibu — Artistic Director (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.

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 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon Peter Elliottchair
• Carys Rose Thomas
• Corinne Michelle Kilvington · trustee of 1 other charity
• Daniel Paul Russell
• Danielle Treseder
• Degna Michelle Aston Stone · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANE HELEN KINGSTON
• Jemima Levick
• Joanna Kate Robinson
• Richard Edward Boggie
• Russell Thackeray
• Stephanie Jane Downey
• andrew Killey

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY.

• NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY income £174k
• NORTHERN BROADSIDES THEATRE COMPANY income £530k
• NORTH EAST THEATRE TRUST LIMITED income £2.3m
• NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL TRUST LIMITED income £16.3m
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Side by side with its peers

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