Seven Dials Playhouse Limited

Analysis

Seven Dials Playhouse Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1978, 48 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 01353824). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2024, Seven Dials Playhouse Limited reported income of £250k and spending of £675k, spending 269% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to September 2024, income fell from £686k to £250k (-63%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 168% 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, Seven Dials Playhouse Limited sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Musiko Musika (£250k), Clybiau Ffermwyr Ifanc Sir Gar (£250k) and Caring for God's Acre (£250k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.