OLDHAM COLISEUM THEATRE LIMITED(THE)

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

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Chadwick & Company (Manchester) Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. OLDHAM COLISEUM THEATRE LIMITED(THE) · parent
   1. Oldham Coliseum Productions Ltd 100% · England & Wales · Theatre production

Significant events

• “The year ended 31 March 2025 was a period of huge change for the organisation. Although, our return to the Theatre has been delayed, there has been huge activity in producing theatre in other spaces, creating a permanent leadership team and the strengthening of the board with the appointment of many new trustees with diversity of age, ethnicity and skill sets.”
• “However, without the continued financial support from Oldham Metropolitan Council, Arts Council England and Greater Manchester Combined Authority none of this would have been possible.”
• “The current year is one of great excitement in terms of diverse productions in different spaces and increasing levels of engagement, whilst focusing on the re-development of Fairbottom Street and developing a creative programme for the re-opening.”
• “Khushi Festival was co-created and delivered over a weekend in August through a series of collaborations between artists and local community groups.”
• “Whilst the Coliseum at the Roundabout programme was cut short by material damage sustained to the tent, we delivered 8 days of ticketed shows and community activities.”
• “The Coliseum's funding application to Arts Council England (ACE) for their 2023-26 investment round was unsuccessful. Following extensive conversations with stakeholders, including Oldham Council, local MPs and ACE, on 19 July 2023 it was announced that Oldham Council would receive £1.84m of funding to deliver a cultural programme across the borough over the following three-year period.”
• “Next year marks a significant shift in the organisation's risk profile. The Fairbottom Street Theatre will complete its refurbishment following a £12m capital investment from Oldham Council, forming the anchor of a wider "cultural campus" model.”
• “Over the past year the Coliseum has transitioned from a primarily freelance workforce to a core staff structure, enabling the organisation to stabilise, retain knowledge, and scale appropriately as we move towards reopening.”
• “We recruited 10 new trustees to our Board, diverse in age, ethnicity and skillset.”

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

Filings

19

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -33.6%

  £1,004,835 → £667,150

• Cash

  -29.9%

  £785,395 → £550,727

• Net assets

  -22.4%

  £963,234 → £747,009

• Employees

  -33.3%

  6 → 4

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  -180.7%

  £312,495 → -£252,258

• Profit before tax

  -178.8%

  £313,307 → -£246,905

• Wages

  +1.4%

  £332,022 → £336,713

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers