Simple 8 Theatre Company

Analysis

Simple 8 Theatre Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chipping Norton. It was registered in December 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 07307236). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Simple 8 Theatre Company reported income of £62k and spending of £104k, spending 168% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1,000 to £62k (+6088%), an average of +180% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 77891%. Over the whole period it spent 130% 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, Simple 8 Theatre Company sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norton Fitzwarren Village Hall (£62k), Mirador (£62k) and Resound Community Choir (£62k).

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.