Aldridge Youth Theatre

Analysis

Aldridge Youth Theatre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in June 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Aldridge Youth Theatre reported income of £53k and spending of £92k, spending 175% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £27k to £53k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Aldridge Youth Theatre sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society for Theatre Research (£53k), The Flintshire U3a (£53k) and Green Park Rural Centre (£53k).