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Arts Charities That specialise in Theatre

Discover 1,253 Arts charities that specialise in theatre. Use the search below to filter within these results.

1,253
Charities
£6,747,187,095
Total Income
£677,701
Avg Income
100.0%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Cleveland Independent Theatre Company Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group

Theatre Hullabaloo is a children's arts charity specialising in producing quality theatre and play for children and young people. In December 2017, we opened The Hullabaloo, a new specialist arts venue for children and families in Darlington.

Latest Income: £975,122
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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West Cliff (tendring) Trust

Arts, Leisure

We promote education, training and entertainment through performances of live shows and arts displays.

Latest Income: £957,548
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Altrincham Garrick Society Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Provide dramatic and musical education and entertainment to the local community by: producing our own plays and musicals using local talent, hosting visiting professional productions from elsewhere in the UK and beyond, showing films and National theatre "cinematic screenings", running a choir and running an Academy for Drama for young people.

Latest Income: £948,816
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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St Bride Foundation

Arts, Housing

The St Bride Foundation provides a cultural, social and educational facility in the west of the City of London. The Foundation is the home to the St Bride Library, the Bridewell Theatre as well as number meeting rooms and halls.

Latest Income: £921,723
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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Nk Theatre Arts

Arts

Provides Weekly Workshops in Music, Dance and Drama to anyone aged 5yrs to adults. Fully inclusive regardless of any ability, disability, status or culture. Public Performances are also presented. Theatre in Education, Corporate Training, Performing Arts Venue.

Latest Income: £905,159
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Open Theatre Company Limited

Arts

The charity's aims are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education particularly through the production of plays and the encouragement of the arts.

Latest Income: £903,294
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Newport Playgoers' Society

Arts

Stimulate an interest in and a study of the Drama and the dramatic art and to support all that is best in the theatre. To prevent modern plays of great merit from falling into oblivion. To produce new plays. To stimulate the art of acting and the technical skills associated with dramatic productions. To support charities and other associations formed for charitable and educational purposes.

Latest Income: £894,190
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Kenton Theatre (henley-On-Thames) Management Society LTD

Arts

The Charity maintains, upgrades and expands the structure, fittings and equipment of the the Kenton Theatre in Henley-on-Thames.The Charity manages the Theatre on a not-for-profit basis. It promotes theatrical, musical and other cultural events and rents the Theatre to other groups promoting such events.

Latest Income: £887,505
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Limited

Arts, Leisure

We stage 90 - 100 publicly-accessible events a year of music, dance and drama in our main auditorium. We also run 23 courses in Indian Music, Dance, Languages and Yoga as well as exhibitions. Further details available if required.

Latest Income: £867,572
Areas of Operation: Hammersmith And Fulham
Status: Registered
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Cardboard Citizens

Arts, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

Our mission is to use theatre combined with information, advice and guidance to inspire and support those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. We act as a catalyst for people to make changes in their lives. We also aim to improve public understanding and awareness by creating and performing works about the experiences of homeless and socially excluded people, with those people.

Latest Income: £858,113
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Tara Arts Group

Arts, Society

Tara Arts' People, Words & Art: Connecting World, through the production and promotion of cross-cultural theatre at Tara Theatre in London and on national tour.

Latest Income: £833,538
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Half Moon Young People's Theatre Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Half Moon focuses on work for and with young people from 0 to 18. The work is inclusive and accessible for all. The company has two main thrusts of activity:- producing and presenting professional theatre at the base, in venues and in youth and schools settings - providing an extensive participatory programme including youth theatres, school and community projects.

Latest Income: £830,216
Areas of Operation: Tower Hamlets
Status: Registered
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The Association Of British Theatre Technicians

Arts, Charity and VCS support

The association is dependent upon voluntary help in advocating high technical standards for theatres, publications, meetings, conferences, post-entry training, volunteer technical committees, visits, liaison with government and other organisations, research demonstrations, exhibitions, the provision of information and the exchange of ideas and address issues about theatre planning and safety.

Latest Income: £822,120
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Leicester Drama Society Limited

Arts

Leicester Drama Society is an amateur drama group which exists to encourage the study and practice of dramatic art and to promote and conduct theatrical performances. The Society owns and operates a theatre in Leicester city centre - The Little Theatre - where it stages 13 productions a year and provides a venue for other amateur societies and some professional shows.

Latest Income: £808,752
Areas of Operation: Leicester City
Status: Registered
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Middlesbrough Little Theatre Trust

Arts

The advancement of education by the promotion and encouragement of drama and the arts

Latest Income: £808,651
Areas of Operation: Middlesbrough
Status: Registered
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The Mowlem Institute

Arts, Education, Leisure

Theatre, Cinema and Community Arts Centre for the benefit of the inhabitants of Swanage and in particular for the use of meetings, lectures and classes or for other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of providing further education and improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Latest Income: £802,223
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Pilot Theatre Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group

Pilot Theatre is a National touring Theatre Company producing established work and new writing for young people.

Latest Income: £785,613
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Blackfriars Arts Centre Limited

Arts

Theatre accepting touring professional and local amateur companies, mounts visual arts and crafts exhibitions, holds workshops, provides rooms for hire,

Latest Income: £756,413
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Turtle Key Arts Centre Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

The advancement of public education in the dramatic and visual arts with the object of improving the conditions of life for those persons who have need of such provision by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances.

Latest Income: £737,953
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Shape London

Arts, Charitable activities, Leisure

- To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular by educational plays production and encouragement of the Arts including the arts of drama, mime, dance, singing and music- Provision for facilities for recreation to disabled or aged persons- To promote the relief of people with disability- Works throughout London and rest of UK

Latest Income: £715,283
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Stamford Shakespeare Company

Arts

Main Activity-Performing the Works of William Shakespeare to the public.

Latest Income: £696,163
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Theatr Na N'og-Theatre Of Eternal Youth

Arts, Beneficiary group

Theatre Producers

Latest Income: £690,915
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Royal Theatrical Fund

Arts, Leisure

Financial and other assistance to those within the entertainment media (and their dependants)who cannot practise their craft through illness, adversity or infirmity

Latest Income: £678,778
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The London International Festival Of Theatre Limited

Arts

The principal activity of the company during the year was the promotion of education and the arts.

Latest Income: £670,022
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Oldham Coliseum Theatre Limited

Arts

Provide a wide variety of distinctive and high quality theatre performance and participatory activities for people from all communities in Oldham and Greater Manchester.

Latest Income: £667,150
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many theatre arts charities are there in the UK?

There are 1,253 registered theatre arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the theatre arts charities by income?

Wellcome Trust is the largest by latest reported annual income (£569.5m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of theatre arts charities?

Theatre arts charities reported a combined annual income of £6.7bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for theatre arts charities?

Across all theatre arts charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 100.0%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of theatre arts charities?

Theatre arts charities have an average annual income of £678k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.