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birmingham hippodrome theatre trust limited

The charity supports children and young people and the general public. Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust Limited is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing buildings, facilities, or open space. The charity is based in Birmingham and operates in Birmingham City.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

Activities & Mission

The Trust was established to present theatrical productions, encourage the arts and promote education. As one of the world's leading presenting theatres it aims to be world-class in every respect: to present a wide-ranging, high quality, developing programme, to ensure access for all, to develop a growing & diverse audience & to complement this with a range of creative education & outreach events.

Fundraising

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Local Authority

Financial Information

Latest Income
£36,984,000
Latest Expenditure
£38,073,000

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 96.9%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 94.2%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 6.1%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £725,000
Charitable Activities £32,164,000
Other Trading £3,482,000
Investments £613,000
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £35,852,000
Raising Funds £2,221,000
Governance £105,000
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£36,984,000£38,073,000£35,852,000£33,513,000£6,111,000132 / 67
2023£28,990,000£27,563,000£25,909,000£34,602,000£1,508,000311 / 0
2022£13,184,000£14,367,000£13,233,000£33,195,000£1,057,000405 / 20
2021£7,080,000£7,369,000£7,084,000£34,358,000£1,933,000146 / 0
2020£26,410,000£28,276,000£25,638,000£34,647,000£1,984,000260 / 38

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers