CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
With its two auditoria, together offering some 1,600 seats, Chichester Festival Theatre is the major publicly funded theatre resource in the South East of England. It aims to balance a repertory of diverse and challenging productions and a socially inclusive educational policy with high attendances from a wide geographic and demographic spread.
Latest income
£23.2m
Expenditure
£21.1m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £5.6m | £5.8m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £11.2m | £12.3m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £17.2m | £17.7m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £17.5m | £17.6m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £23.2m | £21.1m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £3.3m |
| Charitable activities | £14.6m |
| Trading | £3.1m |
| Investment income | £274k |
| Total income | £23.2m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £17.8m |
| Raising funds | £475k |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £120k |
| Total expenditure | £21.1m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £7.0m |
| Total funds | £24.2m |
| — restricted | £2.1m |
| — unrestricted | £22.1m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £24.2m |
| Cash | £10.1m |
People
| Employees | 184 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who it helps
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.