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THE OPEN THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 291344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OPEN THEATRE COMPANY, THE SHYSTERS, THE SHYSTERSHADOWS

Latest income
£903k
Latest spending
£884k
Registered
1985

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

Total income
£903k
Total spending
£884k
Cost of raising funds
£13k
Reserves (reported)
£266k
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Australia · Birmingham City · Bury · Coventry City · Cumbria · India · Netherlands · Papua New Guinea · Sandwell · Solihull · Spain · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£903k£884k
31/03/2024£984k£767k
31/03/2023£790k£683k
31/03/2022£629k£737k
31/03/2021£465k£407k

Common questions

Who funds THE OPEN THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE OPEN THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2024£6k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITYFY2023£6k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2023£6k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery03/04/2023£19kProject Funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/04/2021£50k"River City Detectives"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/06/2019£40k"Whodunnits - making West Midlands heritage more inclusive"