THE NEW WOLSEY THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

• ⚠

  Confirmation statement overdue

  Due 2026-05-12.

• ◆

  4 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

Larking Gowen LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have forecast through to 12 months post signing and are confident that the charity will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being no less than twelve months from the date of approving these accounts. They continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. THE NEW WOLSEY THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED · parent
   1. New Wolsey Theatre Productions Limited 100% · UK · Theatre production

Significant events

• “The New Wolsey Theatre was named Business of the Year and received the Community Impact Award from the East Anglian Daily Times, alongside a BBC Make a Difference nomination. These honours reflect both the creativity on our stages and the commitment we show to our community every day.”
• “Our co-productions of Little Shop of Horrors, Footloose and Bindweed plus Feel Me and Boy on the Roof played to audiences across the country and were met with remarkable acclaim.”
• “The Season now renamed Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) - transferred to the West End in a new production, underlining the vital role that regional theatres play in shaping the national cultural landscape and feeding talent into the commercial sector.”
• “Our Rock 'n' Roll pantomime Sleeping Beauty was a triumph. Last year's panto received the New Wolsey Theatre's first-ever UK Pantomime Award nomination this year, for Best Pantomime (under 500 seats). Building on that recognition, Sleeping Beauty drew even greater responses, cementing its place as a much-loved Ipswich tradition.”
• “Our visiting programme in 2024/25 further cemented our role as Suffolk's cultural hub, offering audiences the very best of UK touring theatre, comedy, dance, and music. Highlights included acclaimed productions from leading national companies, bold new writing, and high-profile one-night performances that brought in new and returning audiences alike.”
• “The New Wolsey Theatre has directly engaged with more than 126,000 people across its diverse programmes this year, from performances in Ipswich, national touring, livestreams, school workshops, Youth Theatre, community programmes, and artist development.”

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

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +1%

  £3,322,832 → £3,356,965

• Cash

  +19.4%

  £1,205,927 → £1,439,834

• Net assets

  +2%

  £2,602,703 → £2,655,491

• Employees

  -10%

  60 → 54

• Profit before tax

  -50.4%

  £106,371 → £52,788

• Wages

  -4.6%

  £1,419,913 → £1,354,621

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