Arcola Theatre Production Company

Analysis

Arcola Theatre Production Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2005, 21 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 05242988). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Arcola Theatre Production Company reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.6m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Arcola Theatre Production Company sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 The Creswell Heritage Trust (£1.6m), Arnolfini Gallery CIO (£1.6m) and Spike Island Artspace Limited (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51%, donations and legacies 46% and trading 3.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £65k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 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.