Gladstone Theatre Trust

Analysis

Gladstone Theatre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in January 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Gladstone Theatre Trust reported income of £386k and spending of £335k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £103k to £386k (+273%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Gladstone Theatre Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chiltern Music Academy (£386k), Devon Historic Buildings Trust (£386k) and Letchworth Educational Settlement (£385k).