The Calder Theatre Bookshop

Analysis

The Calder Theatre Bookshop is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07512632). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, The Calder Theatre Bookshop reported income of £107k and spending of £125k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £117k to £107k (-8.3%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, The Calder Theatre Bookshop sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Purbeck Art Weeks Festival (£107k), Urie Locomotive Society Limited (£107k) and Bury St Edmunds Heritage Trust (£107k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.