Banner Theatre Company Limited

Analysis

Banner Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in August 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01491513). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Banner Theatre Company Limited reported income of £24k and spending of £32k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £20k to £24k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Banner Theatre Company Limited sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Botanical Artists (£24k), Chalfonts Beekeepers Society (£24k) and The Walton-On-The-Hill (Surrey) Association Limited (£24k).

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.