Kiln Theatre

Registered charity 276892 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KILN THEATRE LIMITED, THE TRICYCLE, TRICYCLE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Latest income

£4.0m

Latest spending

£4.6m

Registered

1978

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

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

Total income

£4.0m

Total spending

£4.6m

Cost of raising funds

£209k

Reserves (reported)

£1.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

SABINE CHALMERSchair
Alastair Levy
Aleksandra Barnes
Heather Anne Doughty
Katherine Anne Haines
Letitia Bain
Louis Charalambous
Maimuna Enya Memon
Michael Berg
Natasha Delia Gordon
Phillippa Adamson · trustee of 1 other charity
Stacy Michelle Coyne

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	£4.0m	£4.6m
31/03/2024	£4.1m	£4.2m
31/03/2023	£3.3m	£4.2m
31/03/2022	£3.3m	£3.6m
31/03/2021	£3.0m	£2.2m

Common questions

Who funds Kiln Theatre?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Kiln Theatre as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, BACKSTAGE TRUST, WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUST, THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT UK FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£255k
BACKSTAGE TRUST	FY2023	£150k
BACKSTAGE TRUST	FY2023	£150k
WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUST	FY2025	£120k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£60k
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT UK FOUNDATION	FY2022	£50k
THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION	FY2024	£34k
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	FY2023	£33k
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£30k
THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION	FY2023	£28k
THE RODDICK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£20k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k

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	05/07/2023	£310k	"Celebrating Our Stories: The Kilburn High Road Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/03/2017	£282k	"A Friendly Society: revealing the ForestersÂ’ history at the Tricycle Theatre and BrentÂ’s community stories"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/04/2006	£50k	"Brent Cultural Heritage Project"