Kingston Theatre Trust

Analysis

Kingston Theatre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kingston upon Thames. It was registered in August 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02497984). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kingston Theatre Trust reported income of £3.9m and spending of £3.9m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £3.9m (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Kingston Theatre Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Western Society Limited (£3.9m), De LA Warr Pavilion Charitable Trust (£3.9m) and Northern Stage (Theatrical Productions) Limited (£3.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, donations and legacies 15% and trading 4.2%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.5%. It employed 67 people.