Exeter Northcott Theatre Company

Analysis

Exeter Northcott Theatre Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in April 2013, 13 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 08393145). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Exeter Northcott Theatre Company reported income of £3.4m and spending of £3.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £3.4m (+169%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Exeter Northcott Theatre Company sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carnival Village Trust (£3.4m), The Goldsmiths Centre (£3.4m) and The New Wolsey Theatre Company Limited (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%, trading 14% and donations and legacies 3.2%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.4%. Reserves of £843k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 71 people.

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.