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Registered charity 1145887 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£1.5m
Grants listed (FY2023)
33
Listed grants total
£4.9m
Accounts grants total
£4.9m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2023 accounts

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science (14 grantees)
  • Education/training (11 grantees)
  • General Charitable Purposes (2 grantees)
  • Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (5 grantees)
  • Throughout England (4 grantees)
  • Throughout London (3 grantees)
  • Scotland (3 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (2 grantees)
  • Suffolk (1 grantee)
  • Plymouth City (1 grantee)
  • Devon (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Theatre Development TrustFY2023£387kCreative Workforce Pilot Programme
Theatre Development TrustFY2023£387k
Old Vic TheatreFY2023£300k
Donmar WarehouseFY2023£290k
Royal Shakespeare CompanyFY2023£253kContinued support of capital works to the building (phase 3 - improve toilet facilities)
Royal Shakespeare CompanyFY2023£253k
Unicorn Theatre (Caryl Jenner Productions)FY2023£225k
Jermyn Street TheatreFY2023£200k
Cardboard CitizensFY2023£200k
Donmar WarehouseFY2023£170kCore cost funding following loss of their ACE NPO status and funding
Kiln TheatreFY2023£150k
Unicorn TheatreFY2023£150kOne year's support of the onstage and online artistic programme
Kiln TheatreFY2023£150kCore cost funding
Donmar WarehouseFY2023£150kFunds to cover understudies for three productions
Garsington OperaFY2023£140k
Papatango Theatre CompanyFY2023£101k
Papatango Theatre CompanyFY2023£101kCore cost funding
Cardboard CitizensFY2023£100kCore cost funding ahead of capital redevelopment
English Stage Co at the Royal CourtFY2023£100k
Geese Theatre CompanyFY2023£96k
Citizens TheatreFY2023£96k
Citizens TheatreFY2023£96kPurchase and installation of powered flying hoists in main house
Fuel ProductionsFY2023£90k
Rose TheatreFY2023£84k
HeadlongFY2023£80k
Oxford PlayhouseFY2023£75kOrganisational restructure at executive level
Unicorn TheatreFY2023£75kBox Office shortfall caused by Covid's disruption of Christmas show
Oxford PlayhouseFY2023£75k
Talawa Theatre CompanyFY2023£70k
Theatre Royal PlymouthFY2023£67k
Clean BreakFY2023£60k
Thickskin TheatreFY2023£60k
Royal Academy of MusicFY2023£55k

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 4884393 vs reference 4858587 (0.5% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.