Hull Truck Theatre Company Limited

Analysis

Hull Truck Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in June 1975, 51 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 01210050). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hull Truck Theatre Company Limited reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.5m (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Hull Truck Theatre Company Limited 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 The Albany 2001 Company (£2.5m), Wiltons Music Hall (£2.5m) and The Ufton Court Educational Trust (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, trading 5.1% and donations and legacies 1.5%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 51 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.