The Teignmouth Players Amateur Dramatic Society

Analysis

The Teignmouth Players Amateur Dramatic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torquay. It was registered in January 2018, 8 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Teignmouth Players Amateur Dramatic Society reported income of £44k and spending of £64k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £4,710 to £44k (+825%), an average of +74% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 650%. Over the whole period it spent 146% 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 Teignmouth Players Amateur Dramatic Society sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eccleston Windle Bleak Hill County Primary School Friends Association Also Known As Friends of Bleak Hill School (£44k), Mihran Essefian Charitable Trust (Also Known As the Mihran and Azniv Essefian Charitable Trust) (£44k) and The Ann Driver Trust (£44k).

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.