# COLCHESTER MERCURY THEATRE LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 232387
- **Other names:** MERCURY THEATRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 3, 1964
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=232387


## Contact

- **Address:** MERCURY THEATRE CO, MERCURY THEATRE, BALKERNE GATE, COLCHESTER
- **Postcode:** CO1 1PT
- **Phone:** 01206577006
- **Email:** info@mercurytheatre.co.uk
- **Website:** www.mercurytheatre.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC TASTE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF DRAMA, DANCING, SINGING AND MUSIC.

**Activities:** Our primary object is to formulate and prepare schemes for and take all necessary steps for the advancement of education and the improvement of public taste through the medium of arts, and in particular the arts of drama, dancing, singing and music.

**Area of benefit:** COLCHESTER AND ELSEWHERE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex
- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £5834412 | £5353905 | £2068645 | 98 |
| March 31, 2024 | £5424258 | £5106909 | £1588138 | 96 |
| March 31, 2023 | £4909787 | £5288616 | £1270789 | 95 |
| March 31, 2022 | £3770551 | £4175460 | £1280592 | 68 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2049529 | £1714342 | £1461678 | 34 |



## Trustees

- **MARK TREFOR HOULT-ALLEN** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 7, 2021
- Anne Torreggiani — appointed June 27, 2025
- Dominic Collins — appointed Dec. 7, 2021
- James Bates — appointed Feb. 16, 2025
- Julia Stephen — appointed June 6, 2023
- Karen Elizabeth Morovic — appointed Jan. 20, 2026
- Karen Louise Goddard — appointed Dec. 11, 2025
- Lorna Fox O'Mahony — appointed Dec. 7, 2021
- Matthew Brindley — appointed Dec. 5, 2023
- Paul Tonkinson — appointed Jan. 20, 2026
- Peter Fremlin — appointed Dec. 5, 2023
- Rodney Appleyard — appointed June 6, 2023
- Timothy Young — appointed June 4, 2024