Cygnet Training Theatre & Cygnet Research Library

Analysis

Cygnet Training Theatre & Cygnet Research Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in August 2000, 26 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 03905769). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Cygnet Training Theatre & Cygnet Research Library reported income of £91k and spending of £118k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £139k to £91k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Cygnet Training Theatre & Cygnet Research Library sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brecon Beacons Music Trust (£91k), Legasee Educational Trust (£91k) and Exposure Organisation Limited (£91k).

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.