The Old Vic Endowment Trust

Analysis

The Old Vic Endowment Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07851822). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Old Vic Endowment Trust reported income of £106k and spending of £1.7m, spending 1643% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £129k to £106k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 524% 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 Old Vic Endowment Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% 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 Kingswood Community Association (£106k), New Surrey Performing Arts Library (£106k) and The Victoria Wood Foundation (£105k).