Bury St Edmunds Theatre Management Limited

Analysis

Bury St Edmunds Theatre Management Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St. Edmunds. It was registered in June 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00842455). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bury St Edmunds Theatre Management Limited reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.6m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.6m (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bury St Edmunds Theatre Management Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Henry Barber Trust (£2.6m), English- Speaking Union of the Commonwealth (£2.6m) and The T. S. Eliot Foundation (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 64%, donations and legacies 22% and trading 8.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £244k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 73 people.