Alnwick District Playhouse Trust

Analysis

Alnwick District Playhouse Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alnwick. It was registered in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02567793). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Alnwick District Playhouse Trust reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.4m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £438k to £1.8m (+321%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Alnwick District Playhouse Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tender Education and Arts (£1.8m), Thackray Medical Museum Company Limited (£1.8m) and Migration Museum Project (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53%, donations and legacies 30% and trading 15%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £161k. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 22 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.