Hampstead Theatre Foundation

Analysis

Hampstead Theatre Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1999, 27 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 03656378). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hampstead Theatre Foundation reported income of £56k and spending of £188k, spending 334% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £56k to £56k (+0.4%), an average of +0.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 315% 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, Hampstead Theatre Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village Hall (£56k), Wirksworth Arts Festival (£56k) and Village Hall Trust, Little Hadham (£56k).

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.