01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 13 January 1964
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 00759557
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £8,665,030
- Latest expenditure
- £8,985,250
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: STAGE DOOR GATE, OPEN AIR THEATRE, INNER CIRCLE, REGENT'S PARK, LONDON, NW1 4NU
Website recorded by the regulator: www.openairtheatre.com (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is the oldest professional, permanent outdoor theatre in the UK. Its principal activity is the production and presentation of plays, musicals, and other live performance, primarily through its summer season in Regent's Park. The charity also delivers year round talent development and education programmes, and produces theatre elsewhere in the UK and internationally.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 2 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 2 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £8,665,030
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,985,250
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 June 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £8,076,169
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,795,380
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 July 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £6,525,617
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,436,344
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 5 July 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 5 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £7,958,565
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,844,054
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 July 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £5,220,780
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,767,172
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 2 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £8,665,030
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,985,250
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £28,500
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 3
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 2
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 6 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £8,076,169
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,795,380
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 17 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £6,525,617
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,436,344
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £44,000
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 5 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £7,958,565
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,844,054
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £644,755
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 6 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £5,220,780
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,767,172
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £4
- Income From Government Grants
- £1,014,404
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 2 June 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 426659
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1258831
- Income Charitable Activities
- 6870094
- Income Investments
- 109446
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 8665030
- Income Legacies
- 302402
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £1,189,344
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £7,795,906
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 8985250
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 118250
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1736679
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 452519
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- -339370
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £372,689
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4647968
- Assets Own Use
- 4647968
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,900,164
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,656,660
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £8,891,472
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1656660
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,906,098
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 8816366
- Funds Restricted
- 75106
- Funds Total
- 8891472
- Count Employees
- 112
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 6 June 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 173145
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1259830
- Income Charitable Activities
- 6588679
- Income Investments
- 54515
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 8076169
- Income Legacies
- 126963
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £1,158,690
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £6,636,690
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 7795380
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 115475
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1564503
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 440641
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- -305120
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £363,017
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4987338
- Assets Own Use
- 4987338
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,480,247
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £255,893
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £9,211,692
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 255893
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,187,768
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 9168892
- Funds Restricted
- 42800
- Funds Total
- 9211692
- Count Employees
- 112
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 17 July 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 192507
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1072264
- Income Charitable Activities
- 5225853
- Income Investments
- 34993
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 6525617
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £1,049,948
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £6,386,396
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 7436344
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 114987
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1565973
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 450275
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 343474
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £263,732
- Assets Total Fixed
- 5292458
- Assets Own Use
- 5292458
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,939,989
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £301,543
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £8,930,904
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 301543
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £2,444,839
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 8631609
- Funds Restricted
- 299295
- Funds Total
- 8930904
- Count Employees
- 103
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 5 July 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 799612
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 1062605
- Income Charitable Activities
- 6087287
- Income Investments
- 9061
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 7958565
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £1,084,728
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £5,759,326
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 6844054
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 92965
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1343549
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 367243
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £292,048
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4948984
- Assets Own Use
- 4948984
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,671,550
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £778,903
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £9,841,631
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 778903
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £4,368,059
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 9497480
- Funds Restricted
- 344151
- Funds Total
- 9841631
- Count Employees
- 101
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 6 July 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1121341
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 638069
- Income Charitable Activities
- 3457282
- Income Investments
- 4088
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5220780
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £611,653
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,155,519
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4767172
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 81369
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 918091
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 378784
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £512,708
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4901807
- Assets Own Use
- 4901807
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,579,347
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £754,034
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £8,727,120
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 754034
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £4,072,749
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 8727120
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 8727120
- Count Employees
- 76
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- REGENT'S PARK THEATRE LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1964-01-13T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INC 1 MAY 1963 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 16 AUG 1963, 2 FEB 2006, 27 APRIL 2006, 3 FEB 2009 AND BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 10 MAY 2010 AND BY CERTIFICATE OF INC ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 27 JAN 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/10/2015
- Charitable Objects
- THE PROMOTION OF ARTS AND CULTURE PRIMARILY IN THE THEATRICAL ARTS BUT INCLUDING ANY OTHER MEDIA, AND THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER PURPOSE THAT IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURSUANT TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME.
- Area Of Benefit
- NATIONAL
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 53358
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- THE NEW SHAKESPEARE COMPANY LIMITED
- Charity Name Id
- 53339
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- NSC
- Charity Name Id
- 53392
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- THE OPEN AIR THEATRE REGENT'S PARK
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures