Bocking Arts Theatre Trust

Analysis

Bocking Arts Theatre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Braintree. It was registered in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07570199). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bocking Arts Theatre Trust reported income of £74k and spending of £71k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £80k to £74k (-7.8%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 382%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Bocking Arts Theatre Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Croydon with Talent Ltd (£74k), The Cambridgeshire Holiday Orchestra (£74k) and Shakespeare Southampton Legacy Trust (£74k).