PIONEER THEATRES LIMITED

Registered charity 233801 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE THEATRE ROYAL STRATFORD EAST, THEATRE ROYAL - STRATFORD EAST

Latest income

£4.3m

Latest spending

£4.5m

Registered

1964

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

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

Total income

£4.3m

Total spending

£4.5m

Cost of raising funds

£122k

Reserves (reported)

£1.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Bindiya Kariachair
Bryan Alan Raven
Christopher Clarke Hird
Cllr Joshua Isaac Daniel Garfield
David Keith Jenkins
David Olaniregun
Diane Franklin · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Elizabeth Glyn
Francesca Caroline Carrodus Moody
Francesca May Hutchin
Jo Allick
Kim Grant
Martin George Pilgrim MBE MA · trustee of 3 other charities
PATRICIA KEIKO HAMZAHEE · trustee of 3 other charities
Simon Russell Haynes

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.3m	£4.5m
31/03/2024	£4.5m	£4.6m
31/03/2023	£4.3m	£4.4m
31/03/2022	£3.5m	£3.5m
31/03/2021	£3.0m	£2.0m

Common questions

Who funds PIONEER THEATRES LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PIONEER THEATRES LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE FOYLE FOUNDATION, MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND, THE FENTON ARTS TRUST, THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION, THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£100k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	FY2024	£5k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	FY2023	£0

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	26/07/2023	£238k	"140 Years of Stratford East"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/02/2014	£9k	"Oh What a Lovely War Curtain Raisers"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/11/2008	£24k	"Recording Local Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/01/2006	£25k	"Up The Hammers"