The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Colchester Mercury Theatre Limited

Registered charity 232387 Registered since 1964

Operates: Essex, Suffolk

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13 trustees on the board

2.5y median 3y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (4)

13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 12Disability 2General Charitable Purposes 2Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 41Education 4Hospitality 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.4 in 2021

98 from 34 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.mercurytheatre.co.uk
Emailinfo@mercurytheatre.co.uk
Phone01206577006
AddressMERCURY THEATRE CO, MERCURY THEATRE, BALKERNE GATE, COLCHESTER, CO1 1PT

Finances

£5,834,412 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,049,529£1,714,342
2022£3,770,551£4,175,460
2023£4,909,787£5,288,616
2024£5,424,258£5,106,909
2025£5,834,412£5,353,905

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Trustees (13)

13trustees
53median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Colchester Mercury Theatre Limited · 00441035 · Active

Private Limited Company · incorporated 21/08/1947

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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