Trestle Theatre Company Limited

Analysis

Trestle Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in December 1985, 41 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 01962946). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Trestle Theatre Company Limited reported income of £314k and spending of £346k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £279k to £314k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 20%. 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, Trestle Theatre Company Limited sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The 2 Minute Foundation (£313k), Kinetika Bloco (£315k) and North Hykeham War Memorial Hall and Playing Fields Trust (£313k).

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.