Chipping Norton Theatre Trust

Analysis

Chipping Norton Theatre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chipping Norton. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chipping Norton Theatre Trust reported income of £32k and spending of £22k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £34k to £32k (-4.6%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 152% 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, Chipping Norton Theatre Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Speldhurst Village Hall Foundation (£32k), Friends of the Swiss Garden (£32k) and Kingdon House Community Association (£32k).