The Gate Theatre Company Limited

Analysis

The Gate Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01495543). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Gate Theatre Company Limited reported income of £224k and spending of £432k, spending 193% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £608k to £224k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Gate Theatre Company Limited sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The M.a.t.a. Regal Theatre Company Limited (£224k), The Victoria Hall (Hartley Wintney) Charity (£225k) and Lugwardine Education Centre (£224k).

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.