Northern Broadsides Theatre Company

Analysis

Northern Broadsides Theatre Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in July 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 03715349). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Northern Broadsides Theatre Company reported income of £382k and spending of £505k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £584k to £382k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Northern Broadsides Theatre Company sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Settle Victoria Hall Limited (£382k), Wickham Community Association (£382k) and Yorkshire Ballet Seminars (£381k).