PIONEER THEATRES LIMITED

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Sayer Vincent LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees are confident of the charity's abilities to continue as a going concern due to the historical evidence of support from the Arts Council England and other donors, and believe that this support is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. For the purposes of approving the annual report and financial statements, the foreseeable future is deemed to be at least 12 months from the approval of this document, so into autumn 2026.”

Group structure

1. PIONEER THEATRES LIMITED · parent
   1. Stratford East (Trading) Limited 1% · England and Wales · provides the bar and catering facilities at the Theatre Royal
   2. Stratford East Productions Limited 1% · England · dormant company

Significant events

• “2024-25 has been a year of significant leadership change for the theatre, with the departure of our Artistic Director, Nadia Fall, our Executive Director, Eleanor Lang and our Chair, Rt Hon Dame Margaret Hodge MP.”
• “Lisa Spirling was appointed as Stratford East's new Artistic Director in Autumn 2024, joining the organization from Theatre 503 where she had been Artistic Director since 2016. Lisa started in January 2025.”
• “Executive Director Hanna Streeter will be joining in July 2025.”
• “The Finance Director will be leaving the theatre in September 2025.”
• “The loss of our London Borough of Newham grant from April 2025 will inevitably impact on the work we are able to do in our Learning and Participation programme.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -3.5%

  £4,496,296 → £4,339,631

• Cash

  -43.7%

  £1,345,466 → £756,926

• Net assets

  -7%

  £2,097,736 → £1,950,640

• Employees

  -11.1%

  99 → 88

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers