The Torch Theatre Company Limited

Analysis

The Torch Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milford Haven. It was registered in July 1979, 47 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 01327289). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Torch Theatre Company Limited reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.0m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.9m (+57%), an average of +12% a year. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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, The Torch Theatre Company Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include FACT Liverpool (£1.9m), The Guardian Foundation (£1.9m) and Active Communities Network Limited (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 44%, charitable activities 40% and trading 13%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 8.4%. Reserves of £101k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.

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.