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Octagon Theatre Trust Limited

A Registered Charity based in England

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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-248833 .
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Description

To promote, maintain, improve and advance, education, particularly by the production of educational plays and the encouragement of the arts including drama, mime, dance, singing and music, and to formulate, prepare and establish schemes therefor provided that all objects of the company shall be of a charitable nature.

Also known as

  • Octagon Theatre Bolton
  • Octagon Theatre Trust Limited
  • Octagon Theatre Trust Ltd Appeal Fund
  • The Octagon
  • Octagon Theatre
  • Octagon Theatre Bolton (Octagon Theatre Trust Limited)
  • Octagon Theatre Trust
  • The Octagon Theatre Trust
  • Octagon Theatre Trust Limited
  • Octagon Theatre Trust Ltd
  • ...and 1 other names
  • The Octagon Theatre, Bolton

CCEW Charity number

248833

Company number

00882226

Registered

Postcode

BL1 1SB

Website

octagonbolton.co.uk

Domain

octagonbolton.co.uk

Latest income

£3,348,005 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Octagon Theatre Trust Limited

GB-CHC-248833

Locations

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Registered Office in the UK

Octagon Theatre Trust Limited

GB-CHC-248833

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-248833 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 248833 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Octagon Theatre Trust Limited (this record)

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Last updated 2024-04-19

Octagon Theatre Trust Limited

Organisation record from Companies House
Last updated 2024-04-13

Octagon Theatre Trust Limited

GB-CHC-248833

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Performing and visual arts A11

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

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  • Arts AR
  • Arts AR » Performing art AR300 » Choirs AR301
  • Arts AR » Performing art AR300 » Dance AR302
  • Arts AR » Performing art AR300 » Music AR303
  • Arts AR » Performing art AR300 » Theatre AR307
  • Education ED

Theme (CCEW)

  • General Charitable Purposes 101
  • Education/training 102
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science 109
  • Amateur Sport 110
  • Economic/community Development/employment 113

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin 204
  • Other Defined Groups 206
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307

Scale of operation

  • Regional

Octagon Theatre Trust Limited

GB-CHC-248833

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1966-08-03 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 1,341,235 1,320,825
2005-03-31 1,424,443 1,288,977
2006-03-31 1,731,686 1,644,421
2007-03-31 1,604,958 1,662,789
2008-03-31 1,995,214 2,021,137
2009-03-31 1,724,572 1,773,418
2010-03-31 2,123,475 2,178,918
2011-03-31 2,342,964 2,375,798
2012-03-31 2,155,832 2,198,136
2013-03-31 2,163,913 2,157,745
2014-03-31 2,831,033 2,426,615
2015-03-31 2,453,931 2,624,772
2016-03-31 2,689,549 2,800,581
2017-03-31 3,042,762 3,036,963
2018-03-31 3,671,041 3,654,995
2019-03-31 2,340,710 2,543,327
2020-03-31 1,950,033 2,083,838
2021-03-31 2,628,533 1,657,906
2022-03-31 2,178,329 2,672,049
2023-03-31 3,348,005 3,664,383
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Octagon Theatre Trust Limited

GB-CHC-248833

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 82 72
Employees paid more than £60,000 1 1
Volunteers 50 40
Trustees 11
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Octagon Theatre Trust Limited

GB-CHC-248833

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 974.0 1,243.0
Legacies - -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 974.0 1,243.0
Income from charitable activities 1,855.4 678.0
Income from other trading activities 515.6 257.2
Income from investments 3.0 0.1
Other income - -
Total 3,348.0 2,178.3
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 437.2 300.0
Spending on raising funds 437.2 300.0
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 3,227.2 2,372.0
Charitable activities 3,227.2 2,372.0
Other spending - -
Total 3,664.4 2,672.0
Net income / (expenditure) (316.4) (493.7)

Octagon Theatre Trust Limited

GB-CHC-248833

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 850.1 935.8
Investment assets - -
850.1 935.8
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 1,570.3 1,161.1
Other current assets 707.9 772.1
2,278.2 1,933.3
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (709.0) (415.8)
Net current assets 1,569.3 1,517.5
Total assets less current liabilities 2,419.3 2,453.3
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (298.6) (298.6)
Net assets 2,120.7 2,154.7
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 123.1 195.1
Unrestricted funds 1,997.6 1,959.6
2,120.7 2,154.7

Octagon Theatre Trust Limited

GB-CHC-248833

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants 877,939 1,197,120
Government grants as % of total income 26.2% 55.0%
Number of government grants 3 6

Octagon Theatre Trust Limited

GB-CHC-248833

Grants received

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Received 20 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The Linbury Trust £49,023
1 year
Energy efficiency - Octagon Theatre
Dec 2023 to Dec 2024
Wolfson Foundation
Arts and Humanities
£49,800
2 years
Grant to Octagon Theatre Trust Limited
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
National Portfolio Organisations
£625,359 National Portfolio Organisations
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£123,600 Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
Garfield Weston Foundation
Arts
£320,000 WCF award - COVID19 response
Wolfson Foundation
Arts and Humanities
£140,000 Grant to Octagon Theatre Trust Limited
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£54,768 Coronavirus Community Support Fund
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Culture Recovery Fund: Arts Recovery (ACE)
£148,500 Octagon - future focused
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
ALB - Arts Council England - National Portfolio Organisations
£625,359 Octagon Theatre Bolton
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Culture Recovery Fund: Arts Recovery (ACE)
£620,232 Octagon - future focused

Data source

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Octagon Theatre Trust Limited

GB-CHC-248833

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