The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1977, 49 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Charitable Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £11k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £37k to £37k (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Charitable Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra (£37k), Godmersham and Crundale Recreation Hall (£37k) and The Pleyel Trust (£37k).