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Workington Playgoers Club

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1138473CumbriaArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£44k2025-05-31
Spending£42ksame year
Spent / received131%5-year average
Size in its cause67th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2010Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Workington Playgoers Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07099666). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Workington Playgoers Club reported income of £44k and spending of £42k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £35k to £44k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 131% 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, Workington Playgoers Club sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Arts Society Oxford (£44k), The Valerie White Memorial Trust (£44k) and Seindorf Beaumaris Band (£44k).

Income and spending

£0£18k£36k£55k£73k2021 Income: £35,3372021 Spending: £45,27820212022 Income: £29,4582022 Spending: £60,57020222023 Income: £48,8892023 Spending: £72,93620232024 Income: £38,8162024 Spending: £36,65220242025 Income: £43,8162025 Spending: £42,3642025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Amateur theatre company

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Arts Society OxfordOxford£44k
The Valerie White Memorial TrustChatham Kent£44k
Seindorf Beaumaris BandBeaumaris£44k
The Rollright Trust LimitedGloucester£44k