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Little Theatre (Gateshead) Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 510742Tyne and WearArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£133k2025-03-31
Spending£125ksame year
Spent / received73%5-year average
Size in its cause82nd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1980Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Little Theatre (Gateshead) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne and Wear. It was registered in December 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04640680). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Little Theatre (Gateshead) Limited reported income of £133k and spending of £125k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £68k to £133k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 73% 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, Little Theatre (Gateshead) Limited sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kala, the Arts (£133k), The Cherubim Music Trust (£133k) and Cambridge Theatre Trust (£133k).

Income and spending

£0£40k£80k£119k£159k2021 Income: £67,7202021 Spending: £52,40520212022 Income: £132,1972022 Spending: £66,50020222023 Income: £86,8822023 Spending: £90,91120232024 Income: £159,2812024 Spending: £85,10520242025 Income: £132,7182025 Spending: £125,2452025
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In the charity's own words

Provide and maintain The Little Theatre as a venue for performing groups mainly amateur

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Kala, the ArtsHampshire£133k
The Cherubim Music TrustSalisbury£133k
Cambridge Theatre TrustCambridge£133k
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