Blackpool Grand Theatre (Arts and Entertainments) Limited

Analysis

Blackpool Grand Theatre (Arts and Entertainments) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackpool. It was registered in June 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 02825229). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blackpool Grand Theatre (Arts and Entertainments) Limited reported income of £5.3m and spending of £4.6m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £5.3m (+202%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Blackpool Grand Theatre (Arts and Entertainments) Limited sits at the 99th 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 Bader College (£5.2m), University of Derby Theatre Limited (£5.3m) and The South West Heritage Trust (£5.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 71%, donations and legacies 19%, trading 8.4% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 7.1%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.