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Suffolk Young People's Theatre

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1124625SuffolkArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£46k2025-12-31
Spending£31ksame year
Spent / received86%5-year average
Size in its cause68th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2008Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Suffolk Young People's Theatre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Suffolk Young People's Theatre reported income of £46k and spending of £31k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £755 to £46k (+5969%), an average of +179% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 932%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Suffolk Young People's Theatre sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% 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 The Playhouse Backwell (£46k), Truro Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society Ltd (£46k) and The Yorkshire Philosophical Society (£46k).

Income and spending

£0£11k£23k£34k£46k2021 Income: £7552021 Spending: £2,44720212022 Income: £7,7902022 Spending: £13,18020222023 Income: £22,8802023 Spending: £20,42720232024 Income: £20,4872024 Spending: £17,62320242025 Income: £45,8222025 Spending: £30,7132025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Suffolk Young People's Theatre is a three week summer school where young people are challenged to develop a piece of theatre, worthy of public performance at The Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds with 2 weeks rehearsals and one week of performances. This challenge has been successfully met ever since founded in 1979.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Playhouse BackwellBristol£46k
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The Yorkshire Philosophical SocietyYork£46k
Markham and District BandBlackwood£46k