Arts Charities That specialise in Theatre
Discover 1,253 Arts charities that specialise in theatre. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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North Paddington Youth Club
Animals, Arts, Beneficiary group, LeisureNPYC's facilities include a multi-purpose sports hall, gym, I.T. room, kitchen, lounge, music room, art room, sensory room & youth hall for activities such as pool, table tennis, and board games. Holiday programmes include flying lessons, go karting, quad biking, driving lessons, jet ski-ing, sky diving, horse riding, scuba diving, cable ski-ing, theatre trips & residential experiences.
Daneside Community Theatre Trust Limited
Arts, FacilitiesProvides buildings/facilities/open space for amateur & professional groupsActs as umbrella or resource body
Tavistock Repertory Guarantors Limited
Arts, Charitable activitiesTavistock Repertory Guarantors Ltd. exists to promote, maintain, improve, disseminate and advance education of the public, particularly in the production of educational plays, and other stage presentations and the encouragement of the dramatic arts and other arts, including the arts of drama, mime, dance, singing and music.The company trades as the Tower Theatre Company.
People's Theatre Arts Group Limited
ArtsActivities pertaining to the operation of an Arts Group
Prime Theatre
Arts, Beneficiary group, EducationPrime Theatre (formally known as Sixth Sense Theatre Company) entertains, educates and empowers young people (0-25yrs) through professional theatre and the creative activities associated with this. Our professional productions tour across the South West and to the rest of the UK and are complemented by an accredited programme of youth theatre, schools and community workshops and events.
The Red Ladder Theatre Company Limited
ArtsNational Touring Theatre Company
The Pump House Theatre And Arts Trust Limited
Arts, Associations, Social welfareProvide enhanced facilities for amateur and professional artists to use and develop artistic events, and accessible facilities to allow the local community to participate in and enjoy artistic/social activities. To support regular user groups. To encourage the involvement of people of all ages and backgrounds, without discrimination, in the arts.
Chol International Arts
ArtsChol Theatre is a community arts company that works to advance education and cohesion in society, through the advancement of the arts, in particular the art of drama. We work in education and community settings and produce arts and education projects that have a social commitment.
Trestle Theatre Company Limited
Arts, SocietyTrestle is a mask and physical theatre company: our mission is to inspire creativity through participation and dialogue and we do this by approaching opportunities with an open mind, playful approach and our ever surprising and engaging masks. Trestle operates Trestle Arts Base as a centre of creative opportunity for diverse communities and delivers education programmes in the UK and abroad.
Acta Community Theatre Ltd.
Artsaccess, creativity, theatre, artsacta champions the positive and transformational effects of active creative participation in the arts for individuals and communities. We are committed to providing access to the arts for those most at risk and most in need; to making theatre part of people's lives.
Big Brum (theatre In Education) Company Limited
Arts, Beneficiary group, EducationProvides a theatre-in-education service for schools, pupil referral units, special schools, and colleges;Presents performances of new plays, for young people in particular, in arts and community venues;Makes theatre-based inputs into teachers' INSET, and into teacher-training and drama courses;
The Theatre On The Steps Limited
Arts, Beneficiary groupA theatre providing a wide range of arts to the public including drama, music and dance.Providing training inperformance to young people aged 7 to 17.
Bretforton Theatre
ArtsTheatre, Performing Arts and Education
Wokingham Theatre
Arts, Charitable activitiesTo promote, maintain, improve and advance public education, particularly by the production of educational plays and the encouragement of arts, including the arts of drama, mime, dance, singing and music and to formulate, prepare and establish schemes therefore, provided that all objects of the company shall be of a charitable nature.
Horse And Bamboo Theatre
Animals, Arts, Charitable activitiesThe promotion of public education and the encouragement of the arts through the visual and performance arts. It achieves its charitable objectives through its principal activities. Horse + Bamboo exists to pursue excellence in visual theatre and related activities and to take innovative theatre to sections of the community who may not easily access it.
Crompton Stage Society
Arts, Education, LeisureAn Amateur Theatre Society providing entertainment for the local community and theatre facilities for use by other touring Theatre groups, schools and societies.
Theatre-Rites
Arts, Beneficiary groupCreating touring and site-specific theatre for children and their families.
Norwich Puppet Theatre Trust Limited
ArtsThe primary objective of the charity is to promote, maintain, improve and advance education, particularly by the production of puppet shows, educational plays and the encouragement of the Arts, including the arts of drama, mime, dance, singing and music.
The Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS supportMusical Theatre Group staging musicals and concerts for the benefit of its members, supporters, and the wider community.Promotion and furtherance of education of the public in the appreciation of the performing arts. Support and encouragement of young people in the above.Participation in fund-raising activities for a variety of charities and good causes.
Merlin Theatre Trust Limited
Arts, LeisureTo advance education and provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time for the inhabitants of Frome and the surrounding neighbourhood.
Spare Tyre Theatre Company Limited
Arts, Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfareSpare Tyre uses and makes theatre that enables voiceless communities and individuals to share and celebrate their untold stories transforming lives and challenging prejudice.We currently work with older people, adults with learning disabilities, people with advanced dementia, women who have experienced violence, and disenfranchised and economically communities across London and beyond.
Middlesbrough Little Theatre Limited
ArtsThe objects for which the society is established are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education, particularly by the production of educational plays and the encouragement of the arts of drama, mime, dancing, singing and music, and to formulate, prepare and establish schemes therefore, provided that all objects of the society shall be of an educative or charitable nature.
Interplay Theatre Trust
Arts, Beneficiary group, EducationInterplay tours, nationally, a multi-sensory show for children, aged 5 To 18 with profound and multiple learning disabilities and undertakes bespoke arts intervention projects. It runs an industry-based learning programme across film, radio, music and theatre to create artistic products with 14- 16s not in education. It is also lead partner of I Love West Leeds Festival a community arts festival
Wigan Little Theatre
ArtsWigan Little Theatre is a voluntary organisation, run by and for anyone interested in providing high quality, wide ranging, traditional and innovative theatre, accessible to all.
Theatre Alibi
Arts, Education, HousingTheatre Alibi has been making theatre since 1982 and has a national reputation for high quality and imaginative work for people of all ages. We tour to the tiniest primary school in our home county, Devon, and to some of the best-known theatres in the country.
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.