THEATRE DEVELOPMENT TRUST — grant history

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Latest income

£1.0m

Grants listed (FY2024)

Listed grants total

£915k

Accounts grants total

£458k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2024 accounts

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SECOND STAGE “The Second Stage Pilot Scheme was made possible with the generous support of the Theatre Development Trust”

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 (3 grantees)
Education/training (3 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (3 grantees)
Northern Ireland (2 grantees)
Scotland (2 grantees)
Throughout England (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2023 → FY2024

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2023	FY2024
new	Total	—	£458k
new	Society of London Theatre - Flexible working research	—	£43k
new	GET INTO THEATRE	—	£32k
new	Society of London Theatre - Access London Theatre Guide	—	£21k
new	Society of London Theatre - Theatre for Every Child Campaign	—	£12k
new	English National Opera - Discover Opera Days and Relaxed Performances	—	£5k
up	Society of London Theatre - Workforce Training & Development	£38k	£161k
up	Theatre Investment Fund Limited (t/a Stage One)	£85k	£130k
up	Theatrecraft	£9k	£44k
not listed	Other Grants to Institutions	£38k	—
not listed	Schools Theatre Week	£15k	—
not listed	Go Live Theatre Projects	£13k	—
not listed	Council for Dance and Musical Theatre	£3k	—
not listed	Society of London Theatre - Access London Theatre	£3k	—
not listed	UK Theatre Association — Theatre Support Line	£3k	—
not listed	Parents in Performing Arts	£1k	—
not listed	THE NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LIMITED	£0	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Total	FY2024	£458k	Total grants to institutions.
Society of London Theatre - Workforce Training & Development	FY2024	£161k	To establish initiatives to address current and future skill shortages in the industry.
Theatre Investment Fund Limited (t/a Stage One)	FY2024	£130k	To help provide bursaries and placements to new & emerging theatre producers and support in the outreach project staff costs.
Theatrecraft	FY2024	£44k	Provides careers events for anyone 16-30 seeking off-stage roles in theatre.
Society of London Theatre - Flexible working research	FY2024	£43k
Get Into Theatre	FY2024	£32k	To fund their core costs.
Society of London Theatre - Access London Theatre Guide	FY2024	£21k	To fund the creation and publication of the guide to access for London theatres.
Society of London Theatre - Theatre for Every Child Campaign	FY2024	£12k
Dancers Career Development	FY2024	£10k	To assist in re-training dancers in other careers in the performing arts.
English National Opera - Discover Opera Days and Relaxed Performances	FY2024	£5k
Theatre Investment Fund Limited (t/a Stage One)	FY2023	£85k	help provide bursaries and placements to new & emerging theatre producers and support in the outreach project staff costs
Other Grants to Institutions	FY2023	£38k
Society of London Theatre - Workforce Training & Development	FY2023	£38k	establish initiatives to address current and future skill shortages in the industry
Schools Theatre Week	FY2023	£15k	relates to a schools access to theatre grant
Go Live Theatre Projects	FY2023	£13k	support its work in the area of audience development and young people
Theatrecraft	FY2023	£9k	provides careers events for anyone 16-30 seeking off-stage roles in theatre
Council for Dance and Musical Theatre	FY2023	£3k	support its work in providing training to the dance, drama and music industry
Society of London Theatre - Access London Theatre	FY2023	£3k	fund the creation and publication of the guide to access for London theatres
UK Theatre Association — Theatre Support Line	FY2023	£3k	set up a helpline to support workers in the industry with guidance and help on a number of issues
Parents in Performing Arts	FY2023	£1k	address the challenges of parents in the performing arts
National Student Drama Festival	FY2023	£0	part fund the online festival for promoting career opportunities in the sector
UK Theatre Association	FY2023	£0	support its industry training initiatives
Society of London Theatre - Back on Stage / See it Safely	FY2023	£0	create guidance for theatres on how to make their venue Covid secure
Writers' Guild of Great Britain — New Play Commission Scheme	FY2023	£0	support the development of the writing of new plays
Dancers Career Development	FY2023	£0	assist in re-training dancers in other careers in the performing arts
Writers' Guild of Great Britain —New Play Commission	FY2022	£114k	To assist in the development of the writing of new plays.
Theatre Investment Fund Limited (t/a Stage One)	FY2022	£97k	To help provide bursaries and placements to new & emerging theatre producers and support in the outreach project staff costs.
UK Theatre Association	FY2022	£80k	To support its industry training initiatives.
Society of London Theatre - Workforce Training & Development	FY2022	£61k	To establish initiatives to address current and future skill shortages in the industry.
Go Live Theatre Projects	FY2022	£50k	To support its work in the area of audience development and young people.
Society of London Theatre - Back on Stage / See it Safely	FY2022	£46k	To create guidance for theatres on how to make their venue Covid secure.
Other Grants to Institutions	FY2022	£33k	Not specified.
National Student Drama Festival	FY2022	£25k	To part fund the online festival for promoting opportunities in the sector.
Performing Arts —Remote Working Toolkit	FY2022	£18k	Not explicitly stated in the narrative, listed under grants to institutions.
UK Theatre Association —Theatre Support Line	FY2022	£16k	To set up a helpline to support workers in the industry with guidance and help on a number of issues.
Other Grants to Institutions	FY2022	£8k	Not specified.
Council for Dance and Musical Theatre	FY2022	£3k	To support its work in providing training to the dance, drama and music industry.
Dancers Career Development Scheme	FY2022	£3k	To support the re-training of dancers in other careers in the performing arts.
Society of London Theatre - Access London Theatre	FY2022	£3k	To fund the creation and publication of the guide to access for London theatres.
Parents in Performing Arts	FY2022	£2k	Not explicitly stated in the narrative, listed under grants to institutions.
Theatre Investment Fund Limited (t/a Stage One)	FY2021	£97k	To help provide bursaries and placements to new & emerging theatre producers and support in the outreach project staff costs.
UK Theatre Association	FY2021	£80k	To support its industry training initiatives.
Workforce Training & Development	FY2021	£77k	To establish initiatives to address current and future skill shortages in the industry.
Other Grants to Institutions	FY2021	£61k	Not specified.
Mousetrap Theatre Projects	FY2021	£25k	To support its work in the area of audience development and young people.
Theatres Trust	FY2021	£25k	Not explicitly stated in note 8, but listed under grants to institutions.
UK Theatre Subscription Support	FY2021	£25k	To provide financial assistance for organisations struggling to meet the cost of maintaining membership of UK Theatre due to Covid-19.
Theatre Helpline	FY2021	£24k	To set up a helpline to support workers in the industry with guidance and help on a number of issues.
National Student Drama Festival	FY2021	£13k	To part fund the online festival for promoting career opportunities in the sector.
Access London Theatre	FY2021	£6k	To fund the creation and publication of the guide to access for London theatres.
Back on Stage / See it Safely	FY2021	£6k	To create guidance for theatres on how to make their venue Covid secure.
Council for Dance and Musical Theatre	FY2021	£3k	To support its work in providing training to the dance, drama and music industry.
Diversity in Casting	FY2021	£3k	To support producers by building more diverse casting.
Parents in Performing Arts	FY2021	£1k	To help their work supporting parenting with a career in performing arts.
Remote Working Toolkit	FY2021	£228	To enable creation of a toolkit for organisations dealing with moving to a fully or partial remote working model.

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 915046 vs reference 457523 (100.0% 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 and want a correction, contact us.