The Barn Theatre Project

Analysis

The Barn Theatre Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in August 2017, 9 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 10492115). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Barn Theatre Project reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.5m (+121%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Barn Theatre Project sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Wiltons Music Hall (£2.5m), National Zoological Society of Wales (£2.5m) and Hull Truck Theatre Company Limited (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79% and donations and legacies 20%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.2%. Reserves of £63k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.