Common questions about The Criterion Theatre Trust's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Criterion Theatre Trust a good charity? +
The Criterion Theatre Trust scores 85 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% of its spending goes to charitable activities (2-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is The Criterion Theatre Trust a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Criterion Theatre Trust as a registered charity (charity number 1014891). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1014891&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is The Criterion Theatre Trust's charity number? +
The Criterion Theatre Trust's charity number is 1014891. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is The Criterion Theatre Trust's charity rating? +
The Criterion Theatre Trust scores 85 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does The Criterion Theatre Trust have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Criterion Theatre Trust. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches The Criterion Theatre Trust? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of The Criterion Theatre Trust's total spending went to charitable activities (2-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are The Criterion Theatre Trust's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 0% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Criterion Theatre Trust. The Criterion Theatre Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £130,001–£140,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The Criterion Theatre Trust receive? +
The Criterion Theatre Trust reported £4.4m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Criterion Theatre Trust's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-08-20). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Criterion Theatre Trust based? +
The Criterion Theatre Trust's registered contact address is in London (SW1Y 4XA). It tells the regulator it operates in City of Westminster, with a focus on arts & culture.
How much is The Criterion Theatre Trust's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Criterion Theatre Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £130,001–£140,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Criterion Theatre Trust's money come from? +
The Criterion Theatre Trust reported £4.4m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £4.4m (98%), investments £69k (2%), other income £9,692 (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Criterion Theatre Trust? +
The register does not record The Criterion Theatre Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are The Criterion Theatre Trust's trustees paid? +
The Criterion Theatre Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Criterion Theatre Trust registered as a charity? +
The Criterion Theatre Trust was entered on the register on 22 October 1992. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02759117).
How does CharityCompare score The Criterion Theatre Trust? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Criterion Theatre Trust's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Criterion Theatre Trust's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.