Stoke-On-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited

Analysis

Stoke-On-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle. It was registered in July 1967, 59 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 00911924). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stoke-On-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited reported income of £6.1m and spending of £6.3m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.4m to £6.1m (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 38%. 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, Stoke-On-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (£6.1m), The Geological Society of London (£6.1m) and The City of Sheffield Theatre Trust (£6.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 55%, charitable activities 32%, trading 12% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 129 people.

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.