THE SHAKESPEARE GLOBE TRUST

Registered charity 266916 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE

Latest income

£31.5m

Latest spending

£27.7m

Registered

1974

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Total income

£31.5m

Total spending

£27.7m

Cost of raising funds

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£6.1m

Employees

364

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhiachair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alan Kent Jones
Deborah-Lynn Rebecca Myers
Despina Tsatsas
Dipo Baruwa-Etti
Her Honour Deborah Frances Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
Indy Saha
John Kenneth Baker · trustee of 1 other charity
Ramia El Agamy
Ruth Rowan

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£31.5m	£27.7m
31/10/2024	£28.8m	£27.7m
31/10/2023	£29.9m	£23.8m
31/10/2022	£19.1m	£21.2m
31/10/2021	£13.6m	£15.2m

Common questions

Who funds THE SHAKESPEARE GLOBE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SHAKESPEARE GLOBE TRUST as a grant recipient include GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATION, DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST, THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£300k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£50k
THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
THE LESLIE SMITH FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	FY2022	£3k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£0
THE BLAKEY FOUNDATION	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	06/05/2026	£189k	"Shakespeare’s Globe Research and Collections: London’s only cultural heritage centre for Shakespeare"