Proper Job Theatre Company

Analysis

Proper Job Theatre Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in June 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 04203130). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Proper Job Theatre Company reported income of £985k and spending of £974k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £823k to £985k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 22%. 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, Proper Job Theatre Company sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parham Park Trust (1984) (£983k), Marlborough Theatre Productions Ltd (£987k) and The Dickens House and the Dickens House Fund (£982k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £122k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.