Firebird Theatre

Analysis

Firebird Theatre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05728116). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Firebird Theatre reported income of £46k and spending of £30k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £5,624 to £46k (+713%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 1159%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Firebird Theatre sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Sussex Travel Society Charity (£46k), Romanian Pentecostal Church Betleem Portsmouth CIO (£46k) and The Burleigh Hill Community Centre (£46k).