Womens Playhouse Trust

Analysis

Womens Playhouse Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1983, 43 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 01693212). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Womens Playhouse Trust reported income of £119k and spending of £215k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £64k to £119k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 199%. Over the whole period it spent 231% 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, Womens Playhouse Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Polish Association Gloucestershire (£118k), Ealing Youth Orchestra (£119k) and The European Association for Digital Humanities (£118k).

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.