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Geese Theatre Company Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 327563BirminghamArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£552k2025-03-31
Spending£498ksame year
Spent / received95%5-year average
Size in its cause92nd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1987Charitable company
Employees10latest return

Analysis

Geese Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in December 1987, 39 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 02182104). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Geese Theatre Company Limited reported income of £552k and spending of £498k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £565k to £552k (-2.3%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Geese 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 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gazebo Theatre in Education Company Limited (£552k), Theatre503 Limited (£553k) and Newark (Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire) Air Museum Limited (£551k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 44% and trading 3.8%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £204k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

Income and spending

£0£149k£299k£448k£598k2021 Income: £565,2252021 Spending: £393,67220212022 Income: £366,0142022 Spending: £423,00420222023 Income: £539,8182023 Spending: £530,22920232024 Income: £537,8552024 Spending: £597,74520242025 Income: £551,9792025 Spending: £497,7662025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.5%
  • Charitable activities 44%
  • Trading 3.8%
  • Investments 0.5%
  • Other 51%

In the charity's own words

THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY OF THE COMPANY IS THE REDUCTION OF CRIME AND RECIDIVISM BY THE PROVISION OF THEATRICAL ACTIVITIES

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