Acta Community Theatre Ltd.

Analysis

Acta Community Theatre Ltd. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02157661). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Acta Community Theatre Ltd. reported income of £351k and spending of £359k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £454k to £351k (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Acta Community Theatre Ltd. sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Roger and Jean Jefcoate Trust (£351k), Worshipful Company of Insurers Charitable Trust (£351k) and Barrow Farm Riding for the Disabled Limited (£351k).

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.