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Preston Little Theatre Company Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1045182PrestonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£102k2025-06-30
Spending£101ksame year
Spent / received87%5-year average
Size in its cause79th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1995Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Preston Little Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in March 1995, 31 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 03008235). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Preston Little Theatre Company Limited reported income of £102k and spending of £101k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £37k to £102k (+176%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Preston Little Theatre Company Limited sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Worle Operatic and Dramatic Society (£102k), Natural Voice Network (£102k) and The Sandbach and District University of the Third Age (£102k).

Income and spending

£0£30k£61k£91k£121k2021 Income: £37,0932021 Spending: £32,51920212022 Income: £75,0512022 Spending: £54,42920222023 Income: £94,0732023 Spending: £80,77420232024 Income: £121,4982024 Spending: £104,72920242025 Income: £102,3992025 Spending: £101,2612025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To advance general education in the art of drama and develop public appreciation of such art by the provision of a theatre to provideamateur dramatics

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Worle Operatic and Dramatic SocietyAvon£102k
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The Sandbach and District University of the Third AgeSandbach£102k
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