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Description
The principal activity of the company is as a professional theatre company based in Coventry.The company established the UK's first professional 'Shop Front Theatre' space in Coventry city centre in 2009, giving access to theatre and the arts for all. It creates new theatre plays, as well as literacy and drama workshops for young people, community groups, older people and hard to reach groups.
Also known as
- Theatre Absolute
- Theatre Absolute
- Theatre Absolute Limited
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
CV5 8FU
Website
Domain
theatreabsolute.co.uk
Latest income
£74,054 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1134077 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Theatre Absolute (this record)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Performing and visual arts
A11
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Arts
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Arts
AR» Media and publishingAR200» LiteratureAR202 -
Arts
AR» Performing artAR300» TheatreAR307 -
Beneficiary group
BE» Older peopleBE108 -
Beneficiary group
BE» Young peopleBE115 -
Charitable activities
CA» Charity shopsCA102
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101 -
Education/training
102 -
Arts/culture/heritage/science
109
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203 -
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
204 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Services
306
Scale of operation
- Local
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-02-04 |
Registered as a charity |
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| 2011-03-31 | 87,876 | 86,670 |
| 2012-03-31 | 59,665 | 62,066 |
| 2013-03-31 | 41,997 | 40,980 |
| 2014-03-31 | 63,723 | 65,013 |
| 2015-03-31 | 62,987 | 57,540 |
| 2016-03-31 | 62,618 | 60,526 |
| 2017-03-31 | 72,263 | 70,136 |
| 2018-03-31 | 231,559 | 226,404 |
| 2019-03-31 | 76,462 | 75,519 |
| 2020-03-31 | 158,527 | 93,530 |
| 2021-03-31 | 275,932 | 157,990 |
| 2022-03-31 | 86,240 | 96,117 |
| 2023-03-31 | 74,054 | 130,931 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | 10 | 10 |
| Trustees | 5 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.
Received 12 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant |
£7,750
1 month |
Grant to Theatre Absolute | ||
|
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Big Night In |
£14,000 | VSCE CMC Fund | ||
| Arts Council England | £27,000 | Theatre Absolute COVID support | ||
|
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant |
£19,375
6 months |
Grant to Theatre Absolute | ||
|
CAF
CAF Coronavirus Emergency Fund |
£1,200
3 months |
Grant to Theatre Absolute | ||
|
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant |
£155,000
4 years |
Grant to Theatre Absolute | ||
| Arts Council England | £96,000 | Humanistan | ||
|
Heart Of England Community Foundation
City of Culture 2021 |
£5,000
11 months |
Shop Front Festival 2018 (pilot)
Jan 2017 to Dec 2017 |
||
| Arts Council England | £93,468 | We Are Not Where We Are 2 | ||
|
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant |
£60,000
3 years |
Grant to Theatre Absolute |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Cabinet Office (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- CAF (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (5 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Heart of England Community Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.
This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.
- The National Lottery (3 grants) | Licence
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