The Portsmouth Players

Analysis

The Portsmouth Players is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southsea. It was registered in July 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Portsmouth Players reported income of £131k and spending of £131k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £42k to £131k (+212%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Portsmouth Players sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Idlewild Trust (£131k), Senhouse Museum Trust (£131k) and The Bridge at Waterloo (£131k).