The St Ives Youth Theatre

Analysis

The St Ives Youth Theatre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Ives. It was registered in May 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05402388). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The St Ives Youth Theatre reported income of £26k and spending of £26k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £10k to £26k (+149%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 St Ives Youth Theatre sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chard, Ilminster and District U3a (£26k), Epiacum Heritage (£26k) and Chapel-En-Le-Frith Male Voice Choir (£26k).