The Open Theatre Company Limited

Analysis

The Open Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in June 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01871300). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Open Theatre Company Limited reported income of £903k and spending of £884k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £465k to £903k (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Open Theatre Company Limited sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Profound and Multiple Impairment Service (£903k), Wirral Women & Childrens' Aid (£903k) and Broome Family Charitable Trust (£900k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 52% and charitable activities 48%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £266k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.