Play to the Crowd

Registered charity 1077139 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LIVE THEATRE WINCHESTER TRUST, THEATRE ROYAL WINCHESTER

Latest income

£2.7m

Latest spending

£2.7m

Registered

1999

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.7m

Total spending

£2.7m

Cost of raising funds

£196k

Reserves (reported)

£517k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Mark Byfordchair
Amy Eastwood
Dr Helen Grime
Dr Paul James Spencer · trustee of 1 other charity
Lorraine Cheshire
Lynne Lockyer
Madeleine Risbridger
Majid Salim Dhana
Noemi Wall
Professor William Robert Lucas · trustee of 3 other charities
Shaun Stacey
Sho Shibata
Steven Cross

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.7m	£2.7m
31/03/2024	£2.6m	£2.6m
31/03/2023	£2.3m	£2.4m
31/03/2022	£1.9m	£1.9m
31/03/2021	£1.7m	£1.1m

Common questions

Who funds Play to the Crowd?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Play to the Crowd as a grant recipient include THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND, SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND	FY2023	£20k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST	FY2022	£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/04/2019	£10k	"Home Fires- The stories of women and children during WW2"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/01/2014	£10k	"Theatre Royal Winchester centenary project"