Common questions about The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain a good charity? +
The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain scores 84 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 89% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-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 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain as a registered charity (charity number 306075). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=306075&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 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's charity number? +
The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's charity number is 306075. 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 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's charity rating? +
The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain scores 84 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 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. 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 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 89% of The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's total spending went to charitable activities (3-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 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 11% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 11% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 4 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (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 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain receive? +
The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain reported £4.0m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: declining.
Are The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-12-05). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain based? +
The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's registered contact address is in London (N7 6LW). It tells the regulator it operates in England, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Northern Ireland, China, with a focus on arts & culture.
How much is The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 4 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (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 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's money come from? +
The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain reported £2.7m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £1.9m (70%), donations and legacies £628k (23%), trading and fundraising events £101k (4%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £5,000.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain? +
The register records The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's trustees paid? +
The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain: National Youth Theatre.
When was The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain registered as a charity? +
The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain was entered on the register on 13 November 1961. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00699114).
How does CharityCompare score The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain'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 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain'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.