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Scarabeus Theatre

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1063689LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£189k2025-03-31
Spending£303ksame year
Spent / received100%5-year average
Size in its cause85th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1997Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Scarabeus Theatre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1997, 29 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 03319939). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Scarabeus Theatre reported income of £189k and spending of £303k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £183k to £189k (+3.3%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Scarabeus Theatre sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxfordshire Federation of Women's Institute (£189k), Old Possum's Practical Trust (£189k) and The Arc Community Hub (£189k).

Income and spending

£0£76k£152k£227k£303k2021 Income: £183,3242021 Spending: £165,06220212022 Income: £252,7672022 Spending: £222,35920222023 Income: £291,2232023 Spending: £262,35420232024 Income: £299,6332024 Spending: £257,82020242025 Income: £189,3162025 Spending: £303,1882025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

ORGANISING AND DELIVERING WORK SHOPS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES FROM DEPRIVED BACKGROUNDS, WHO WOULD NORMALLY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH ACTIVITIES.PRODUCING AND TOURING PUBLIC SITE SPECIFIC AERIAL PERFORMANCES MOSTLY PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD NOT NORMALLY ATTEND ARTS ACTIVITIES.

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Oxfordshire Federation of Women's InstituteKidlington£189k
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