Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre

Analysis

Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in May 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06054887). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre reported income of £73k and spending of £116k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £182k to £73k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 47%. 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, Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Egham Museum Trust (£73k), The Lincoln's Inn Heritage Fund (£73k) and Royal Victoria Hall Foundation (£73k).

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.