WORCESTER THEATRES CHARITABLE TRUST LTD

Registered charity 701310 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HUNTINGDON ARTS LIMITED, THE COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S HALL LIMITED, WORCESTER LIVE CHARITABLE TRUST LTD, WORCESTER LIVE LIMITED

The promotion for the public benefit of the appreciation and enjoyment of a wide range of music and theatre for the benefit of the people of Worcester and the surrounding area.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ARTISTIC, CULTURAL AND MUSICAL MATTERS BY PROMOTING THE PERFORMING ARTS, THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND PROVIDING AND OPERATING A THEATRE AND CONCERT HALL.(B) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF WORCESTER CITY IN THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD AND WORCESTER AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, THE COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON HALL AND ITS ANCILLARY BUILDINGS AS A FEATURE OF HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL OR CULTURAL INTEREST.

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.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Worcester, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £585,696 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources rising to £2,601,308. The trustees report that free reserves of £1,333,248 are in excess of the policy target, which is estimated at £235,000 to cover closure costs. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Richards Sandy Audit Services Limited. Discloses 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 08/07/2024, 8 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Worcester Theatres Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Sarah-Jane Morgan — Chief Executive Officer (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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan George Tidy · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alan James Stuttard
• Chris Glover
• Dawn Emma Long · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dean Eric Elliott
• JOSEPHINE CONSTANCE HODGES
• Janet Mary Vale
• Jonathan Andrew Fraser
• Lord Richard Oliver Faulkner
• Robert Iestyn Richards
• Roger Knight · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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