The Gloucestershire Everyman Theatre Company Limited

Analysis

The Gloucestershire Everyman Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00650220). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Gloucestershire Everyman Theatre Company Limited reported income of £8.5m and spending of £8.4m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.6m to £8.5m (+232%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 97%. 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, The Gloucestershire Everyman Theatre Company 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 Beaudesert Park School Trust Limited (£8.5m), The Thursford Collection (£8.6m) and The National Gallery Trust (£8.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77%, trading 9.7%, donations and legacies 7.5% and investments 2.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £957. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.1%. Reserves of £522k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 201 people.