Horncastle Theatre Company

Analysis

Horncastle Theatre Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Horncastle. It was registered in May 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Horncastle Theatre Company reported income of £23k and spending of £28k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £10k to £23k (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Horncastle Theatre Company sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild (£23k), The Joint Norley Community Organisations Trust (£23k) and Hampshire Choral Festival (£23k).

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.