BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME THEATRE TRUST LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

RSM UK Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have reviewed the level of reserves and forecasts for the next 12 months and have a reasonable expectation that the charity and group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME THEATRE TRUST LIMITED · parent
   1. Birmingham Hippodrome Limited · England · Catering and Conference and Events activities and ancillary sales (programmes, merchandise, ice-creams, confectionery and soft drinks)
   2. Birmingham Hippodrome Productions Ltd · making theatrical productions
   3. Birmingham Festival 2023 CIC · delivered a festival

Significant events

• “2024/25 has been a year of ambition, creativity and connection.”
• “In January 2025 we launched two new Youth Theatre programmes including a SEN Youth Theatre, with bursary places available across all groups.”
• “We hosted 16 young people for our first SEN Work Experience programme.”
• “We welcomed almost 30,000 visitors with access requirements and staged 63 individual access performances.”
• “In our 125th year we welcomed over 600,000 people through our doors.”
• “125,000 people joined us for our spectacular 10-week summer run of the blockbuster award-winning musical Hamilton.”
• “In 2025, we presented two beautiful dance productions; Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake and Birmingham Royal Ballet's Cinderella.”
• “The MT Writers Group launched its first cohort in April 2024.”
• “Hippodrome Origins is an 18-month artist development programme.”
• “Over 1,000 regional artists are now part of the Hippodrome Creatives community.”
• “Birmingham Hippodrome was proud to co-produce Play On! with Talawa Theatre Company.”
• “During 2024/25, Hippodrome Associates created three new productions.”
• “The Sustainability Champions working group was established in July 2024.”
• “In October, we successfully retained our ISO 14001 accreditation.”
• “We participated in the Big Give Christmas Challenge and Big Give's Arts for Impact campaign, raising a combined total of over £57,000.”
• “The Fundraising team secured funds for our Festivals programme, including our first dedicated grant of almost £90,000 from Arts Council England for B-SIDE Hip-Hop Festival.”
• “Our People Culture and Talent team have had a successful year of talent recruitment, welcoming over 90 new starters.”
• “Our teams completed an impressive 7,000 hours of learning and development.”
• “We launched a new Employee Assistance Programme in November 2024.”
• “Award Wins include - National Outdoor Events Association Awards, Place Making Award for Birmingham Weekender Festival and the PRCA Dare Awards, In House Team of the Year Award.”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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