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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.

North Paddington Youth Club

Animals, Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure

NPYC'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.

Latest Income: £367,699
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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Daneside Community Theatre Trust Limited

Arts, Facilities

Provides buildings/facilities/open space for amateur & professional groupsActs as umbrella or resource body

Latest Income: £351,620
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Tavistock Repertory Guarantors Limited

Arts, Charitable activities

Tavistock 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.

Latest Income: £347,109
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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People's Theatre Arts Group Limited

Arts

Activities pertaining to the operation of an Arts Group

Latest Income: £344,878
Areas of Operation: Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Status: Registered
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Prime Theatre

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Prime 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.

Latest Income: £330,216
Areas of Operation: Swindon
Status: Registered
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The Red Ladder Theatre Company Limited

Arts

National Touring Theatre Company

Latest Income: £315,454
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Pump House Theatre And Arts Trust Limited

Arts, Associations, Social welfare

Provide 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.

Latest Income: £315,366
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Chol International Arts

Arts

Chol 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.

Latest Income: £315,256
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Trestle Theatre Company Limited

Arts, Society

Trestle 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.

Latest Income: £314,498
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Acta Community Theatre Ltd.

Arts

access, 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.

Latest Income: £311,025
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Big Brum (theatre In Education) Company Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Provides 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;

Latest Income: £310,119
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Theatre On The Steps Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group

A 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.

Latest Income: £288,469
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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Bretforton Theatre

Arts

Theatre, Performing Arts and Education

Latest Income: £284,990
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Wokingham Theatre

Arts, Charitable activities

To 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.

Latest Income: £280,977
Areas of Operation: Wokingham
Status: Registered
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Horse And Bamboo Theatre

Animals, Arts, Charitable activities

The 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.

Latest Income: £279,971
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Crompton Stage Society

Arts, Education, Leisure

An Amateur Theatre Society providing entertainment for the local community and theatre facilities for use by other touring Theatre groups, schools and societies.

Latest Income: £279,555
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Theatre-Rites

Arts, Beneficiary group

Creating touring and site-specific theatre for children and their families.

Latest Income: £278,321
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Norwich Puppet Theatre Trust Limited

Arts

The 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.

Latest Income: £270,734
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support

Musical 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.

Latest Income: £270,581
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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Merlin Theatre Trust Limited

Arts, Leisure

To 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.

Latest Income: £270,051
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Spare Tyre Theatre Company Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfare

Spare 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.

Latest Income: £270,027
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Middlesbrough Little Theatre Limited

Arts

The 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.

Latest Income: £265,196
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Interplay Theatre Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Interplay 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

Latest Income: £263,760
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Wigan Little Theatre

Arts

Wigan 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.

Latest Income: £256,504
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Theatre Alibi

Arts, Education, Housing

Theatre 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.

Latest Income: £255,373
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
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.