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Regent's Park Theatre Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 231670LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£8.7m2025-12-31
Spending£9.0msame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause99th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1964Charitable company
Employees112latest return

Analysis

Regent's Park Theatre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1964, 62 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 00759557). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Regent's Park Theatre Limited reported income of £8.7m and spending of £9.0m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5.2m to £8.7m (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 52%. 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, Regent's Park Theatre Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The English Stage Company Limited (£8.6m), The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (£8.7m) and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (£8.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79%, trading 15%, donations and legacies 4.9% and investments 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £302k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £373k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 112 people.

Income and spending

£0£2.2m£4.5m£6.7m£9.0m2021 Income: £5,220,7802021 Spending: £4,767,17220212022 Income: £7,958,5652022 Spending: £6,844,05420222023 Income: £6,525,6172023 Spending: £7,436,34420232024 Income: £8,076,1692024 Spending: £7,795,38020242025 Income: £8,665,0302025 Spending: £8,985,2502025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 1.4%
  • Legacies 3.5%
  • Charitable activities 79%
  • Trading 15%
  • Investments 1.3%

In the charity's own words

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is the oldest professional, permanent outdoor theatre in the UK. Its principal activity is the production and presentation of plays, musicals, and other live performance, primarily through its summer season in Regent's Park. The charity also delivers year round talent development and education programmes, and produces theatre elsewhere in the UK and internationally.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The English Stage Company LimitedLondon£8.6m
The Shakespeare Birthplace TrustStratford-Upon-Avon£8.7m
Bournemouth Symphony OrchestraPoole£8.6m
Nottingham Playhouse Trust LimitedNottingham£8.7m