THE SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE TRUST

Registered charity 209302 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SHAKESPEARE BIRTH PLACE TRUST, THE SHAKESPEARE TRUST

Latest income
£8.4m
Latest spending
£10.4m
Registered
1963

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£8.4m
Total spending
£10.4m
Cost of raising funds
£2.3m
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
164

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£8.4m£10.4m
31/12/2023£8.7m£9.1m
31/12/2022£5.8m£7.3m
31/12/2021£3.2m£6.1m
31/12/2020£8.2m£8.1m

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/01/2026£245k"Restoring Heritage At Anne Hathaway's Cottage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/01/2014£9k"'Let slip the dogs of war': World War One, Stratford and Shakespeare"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/12/2013£2.4m"'The house wherein I dwell': Unlocking the heritage of Shakespeare's New Place"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/04/2010£50k"In Search of Shakespeare and the remains of his last house"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/03/2004£31k"Conservation Management Plan for Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Properties"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/01/2003£47k"Anne Hathaway Virtual Reality Disability Access"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/06/1998£102k"Warwick Shakespeare Deed - Acquisition"