Go Live Theatre Projects

Analysis

Go Live Theatre Projects is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1996, 30 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 03162429). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Go Live Theatre Projects reported income of £687k and spending of £789k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £713k to £687k (-3.6%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Go Live Theatre Projects sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cement Fields (£686k), Hillsborough Park (£687k) and The Archives and Records Association (UK and Ireland) (£686k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88%, charitable activities 9.9% and trading 2.1%. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 27%. Reserves of £187k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.