Forest Forge Theatre Company

Analysis

Forest Forge Theatre Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in June 1984, 42 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 01787316). It says it provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Forest Forge Theatre Company reported income of £171k and spending of £256k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £165k to £171k (+3.5%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 405%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, Forest Forge Theatre Company sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thaxted Festival Foundation (£171k), Calstock Village Hall (£171k) and Cambridge Chinese Community Centre (£171k).