The Changeling Theatre Company

Analysis

The Changeling Theatre Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03813616). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Changeling Theatre Company reported income of £105k and spending of £116k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £168k to £105k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, The Changeling Theatre Company sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cherington Stourton Sutton-Under-Brailes Village Hall (£105k), Stone Lane Gardens (£105k) and Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches Trust (£105k).

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.