Alternative Theatre Company Limited

Analysis

Alternative Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1975, 51 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 01221968). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Alternative Theatre Company Limited reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.8m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1.8m to £2.7m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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, Alternative 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 Hofesh Shechter Company Ltd (£2.7m), LA Scuola Italiana a Londra (£2.7m) and Play to the Crowd (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 39%, donations and legacies 15% and trading 8.4%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 3.1%. Reserves of £379k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 53 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.