Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre Limited

Analysis

Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03179063). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre Limited reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £674k to £1.2m (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Steephill School (£1.2m), Writers and Scholars Educational Trust (£1.3m) and The Pilgrim Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62%, trading 23% and donations and legacies 11%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 14%. It employed 37 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.