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Latest income
£434k
Grants listed (FY2025)
14 · 3 amount not stated
Listed grants total
£381k
Accounts grants total
£381k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

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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
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (5 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (3 grantees)
  • Scotland (3 grantees)
  • Throughout England (2 grantees)
  • British Virgin Islands (1 grantee)
  • Cayman Islands (1 grantee)
  • Australia (1 grantee)
  • Gibraltar (1 grantee)
  • British Indian Ocean Territory (1 grantee)
  • Falkland Islands (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newSociety of London Theatre - Future Leaders—£40k
newSociety of London Theatre - EDI Taskforce—£23k
newFRANTIC THEATRE COMPANY LTD—£10k
newTHE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR PLAYWRITING—£5k
newSECOND STAGE—£2k
downSociety of London Theatre - Workforce Training & Development£161k£39k
upSociety of London Theatre - Access London Theatre Guide£21k£32k
upSociety of London Theatre - Theatre for Every Child Campaign£12k£21k
downTheatrecraft£44k£10k
upEnglish National Opera - Discover Opera Days and Relaxed Performances£5k£10k
not listedTotal£458k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Theatre Investment Fund Limited (t/a Stage One)FY2025£130kGrants to institutions
Society of London Theatre - Future LeadersFY2025£40kGrants to institutions
Society of London Theatre - Workforce Training & DevelopmentFY2025£39kGrants to institutions
Society of London Theatre - Access London Theatre GuideFY2025£32kGrants to institutions
Society of London Theatre - Flexible working researchFY2025£28kGrants to institutions
Society of London Theatre - EDI TaskforceFY2025£23kGrants to institutions
Society of London Theatre - Theatre for Every Child CampaignFY2025£21kGrants to institutions
Get Into TheatreFY2025£20kGrants to institutions
Dancers Career DevelopmentFY2025£10kGrants to institutions
TheatrecraftFY2025£10kGrants to institutions
English National Opera - Discover Opera Days and Relaxed PerformancesFY2025£10kGrants to institutions
Frantic Theatre Company LtdFY2025£10kGrants to institutions
Women's Prize for Playwriting LtdFY2025£5kGrants to institutions
Second Stage LtdFY2025£2kGrants to institutions
Almeida TheatreFY2025amount not statedGrants to institutions
Cast Theatre in DoncasterFY2025amount not statedGrants to institutions
Parents and Carers in Performing ArtsFY2025amount not statedGrants to institutions
TotalFY2024£458kTotal grants to institutions.
Society of London Theatre - Workforce Training & DevelopmentFY2024£161kTo establish initiatives to address current and future skill shortages in the industry.
Theatre Investment Fund Limited (t/a Stage One)FY2024£130kTo help provide bursaries and placements to new & emerging theatre producers and support in the outreach project staff costs.
TheatrecraftFY2024£44kProvides careers events for anyone 16-30 seeking off-stage roles in theatre.
Society of London Theatre - Flexible working researchFY2024£43k
Get Into TheatreFY2024£32kTo fund their core costs.
Society of London Theatre - Access London Theatre GuideFY2024£21kTo fund the creation and publication of the guide to access for London theatres.
Society of London Theatre - Theatre for Every Child CampaignFY2024£12k
Dancers Career DevelopmentFY2024£10kTo assist in re-training dancers in other careers in the performing arts.
English National Opera - Discover Opera Days and Relaxed PerformancesFY2024£5k
Theatre Investment Fund Limited (t/a Stage One)FY2023£85khelp provide bursaries and placements to new & emerging theatre producers and support in the outreach project staff costs
Other Grants to InstitutionsFY2023£38k
Society of London Theatre - Workforce Training & DevelopmentFY2023£38kestablish initiatives to address current and future skill shortages in the industry
Schools Theatre WeekFY2023£15krelates to a schools access to theatre grant
Go Live Theatre ProjectsFY2023£13ksupport its work in the area of audience development and young people
TheatrecraftFY2023£9kprovides careers events for anyone 16-30 seeking off-stage roles in theatre
Council for Dance and Musical TheatreFY2023£3ksupport its work in providing training to the dance, drama and music industry
Society of London Theatre - Access London TheatreFY2023£3kfund the creation and publication of the guide to access for London theatres
UK Theatre Association — Theatre Support LineFY2023£3kset up a helpline to support workers in the industry with guidance and help on a number of issues
Parents in Performing ArtsFY2023£1kaddress the challenges of parents in the performing arts
Writers' Guild of Great Britain — New Play Commission SchemeFY2023amount not statedsupport the development of the writing of new plays
National Student Drama FestivalFY2023amount not statedpart fund the online festival for promoting career opportunities in the sector
Dancers Career DevelopmentFY2023amount not statedassist in re-training dancers in other careers in the performing arts
UK Theatre AssociationFY2023amount not statedsupport its industry training initiatives
Society of London Theatre - Back on Stage / See it SafelyFY2023amount not statedcreate guidance for theatres on how to make their venue Covid secure
Writers' Guild of Great Britain —New Play CommissionFY2022£114kTo assist in the development of the writing of new plays.
Theatre Investment Fund Limited (t/a Stage One)FY2022£97kTo help provide bursaries and placements to new & emerging theatre producers and support in the outreach project staff costs.
UK Theatre AssociationFY2022£80kTo support its industry training initiatives.
Society of London Theatre - Workforce Training & DevelopmentFY2022£61kTo establish initiatives to address current and future skill shortages in the industry.
Go Live Theatre ProjectsFY2022£50kTo support its work in the area of audience development and young people.
Society of London Theatre - Back on Stage / See it SafelyFY2022£46kTo create guidance for theatres on how to make their venue Covid secure.
Other Grants to InstitutionsFY2022£33kNot specified.
National Student Drama FestivalFY2022£25kTo part fund the online festival for promoting opportunities in the sector.
Performing Arts —Remote Working ToolkitFY2022£18kNot explicitly stated in the narrative, listed under grants to institutions.
UK Theatre Association —Theatre Support LineFY2022£16kTo set up a helpline to support workers in the industry with guidance and help on a number of issues.
Other Grants to InstitutionsFY2022£8kNot specified.
Council for Dance and Musical TheatreFY2022£3kTo support its work in providing training to the dance, drama and music industry.
Dancers Career Development SchemeFY2022£3kTo support the re-training of dancers in other careers in the performing arts.
Society of London Theatre - Access London TheatreFY2022£3kTo fund the creation and publication of the guide to access for London theatres.
Parents in Performing ArtsFY2022£2kNot explicitly stated in the narrative, listed under grants to institutions.
Theatre Investment Fund Limited (t/a Stage One)FY2021£97kTo help provide bursaries and placements to new & emerging theatre producers and support in the outreach project staff costs.
UK Theatre AssociationFY2021£80kTo support its industry training initiatives.
Workforce Training & DevelopmentFY2021£77kTo establish initiatives to address current and future skill shortages in the industry.
Other Grants to InstitutionsFY2021£61kNot specified.
UK Theatre Subscription SupportFY2021£25kTo provide financial assistance for organisations struggling to meet the cost of maintaining membership of UK Theatre due to Covid-19.
Mousetrap Theatre ProjectsFY2021£25kTo support its work in the area of audience development and young people.
Theatres TrustFY2021£25kNot explicitly stated in note 8, but listed under grants to institutions.
Theatre HelplineFY2021£24kTo set up a helpline to support workers in the industry with guidance and help on a number of issues.
National Student Drama FestivalFY2021£13kTo part fund the online festival for promoting career opportunities in the sector.
Access London TheatreFY2021£6kTo fund the creation and publication of the guide to access for London theatres.
Back on Stage / See it SafelyFY2021£6kTo create guidance for theatres on how to make their venue Covid secure.
Council for Dance and Musical TheatreFY2021£3kTo support its work in providing training to the dance, drama and music industry.
Diversity in CastingFY2021£3kTo support producers by building more diverse casting.
Parents in Performing ArtsFY2021£1kTo help their work supporting parenting with a career in performing arts.
Remote Working ToolkitFY2021£228To enable creation of a toolkit for organisations dealing with moving to a fully or partial remote working model.

8 listed grants have no usable amount in the accounts (shown as “amount not stated”); they are left out of the grant counts and totals.

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 381149 vs reference 381149 (0.0% 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 or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].