Brownsea Open Air Theatre Limited

Analysis

Brownsea Open Air Theatre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in August 1979, 47 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 01375316). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Brownsea Open Air Theatre Limited reported income of £76k and spending of £78k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £364 to £76k (+20726%), an average of +280% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 32128%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Brownsea Open Air Theatre Limited sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Claverham Village Hall (£76k), Abridge Village Hall (£76k) and Church Stretton and South Shropshire Arts Festival (£76k).