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Whitley Bay Pantomime Society

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1156038Tyne And WearArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£54k2025-03-31
Spending£45ksame year
Spent / received92%5-year average
Size in its cause70th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2014CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Whitley Bay Pantomime Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne And Wear. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Whitley Bay Pantomime Society reported income of £54k and spending of £45k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £200 to £54k (+26949%), an average of +306% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 18930%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Whitley Bay Pantomime Society sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crowborough University of the Third Age (£54k), UK Harmony Brigade (£54k) and Reading Culture CIO (£54k).

Income and spending

£0£14k£27k£41k£54k2021 Income: £2002021 Spending: £1,73520212022 Income: £38,0612022 Spending: £28,03920222023 Income: £31,4202023 Spending: £28,87420232024 Income: £17,9362024 Spending: £26,04220242025 Income: £54,0982025 Spending: £45,1282025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

(I) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF THEATRE AND PANTOMIME AND THE ASSOCIATED SKILLS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC (II) TO MAKE SUCH GRANTS AND DONATIONS FOR SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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Crowborough University of the Third AgeEast Sussex£54k
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Reading Culture CIOBradford£54k
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