Gravesend and District Theatre Guild

Analysis

Gravesend and District Theatre Guild is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in December 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 05407741). It says it makes grants to individuals and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gravesend and District Theatre Guild reported income of £66k and spending of £51k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £66k (+430%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Gravesend and District Theatre Guild sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bishop's Castle Town Hall Trust (£66k), Association for the Understanding of Artificial Intelligence (£66k) and Long Ditton Village Hall (£66k).