Almeida Theatre Company Limited

Analysis

Almeida Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1981, 45 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 01546033). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Almeida Theatre Company Limited reported income of £7.1m and spending of £7.3m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.9m to £7.1m (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Almeida Theatre Company Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Awen Cultural Trust (£7.1m), Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust (£7.1m) and Royal Court Liverpool Ltd (£7.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58%, donations and legacies 33% and trading 8.4%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 70 people.