The Purple Playhouse

Analysis

The Purple Playhouse is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leamington Spa. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06318182). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Purple Playhouse reported income of £305k and spending of £231k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £175k to £305k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Purple Playhouse sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society of Legal Scholars in the United Kingdom and Ireland (£304k), Basic Income Earth Network (Bien) (£305k) and Old London Road Pre School (£304k).