Hijinx Theatre

Analysis

Hijinx Theatre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02161783). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hijinx Theatre reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.6m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £824k to £1.5m (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Hijinx Theatre sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 Organisation of Culture and Character (£1.5m), Walesby Forest (£1.5m) and Research Institute for Disabled Consumers (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £230k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 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.