Common questions about The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 a good charity? +
The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 scores 69 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 86% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are late. 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 Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 as a registered charity (charity number 1072590). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1072590&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 Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000's charity number? +
The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000's charity number is 1072590. 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 Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000's charity rating? +
The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 scores 69 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). 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 Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: late accounts filing). 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 Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 86% of The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000'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 Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 6% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 6% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000. The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 17 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (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 Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 receive? +
The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 reported £25m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2026-07-02). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 based? +
The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000's registered contact address is in London (SE1 8NB). It tells the regulator it operates in Lambeth, with a focus on arts & culture.
How much is The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 17 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (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 Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000's money come from? +
The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 reported £25m total income for the year ending 31 August 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £14m (56%), donations and legacies £8.6m (34%), trading and fundraising events £2.1m (8%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £22k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000? +
The register records The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 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 Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000's trustees paid? +
The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 registered as a charity? +
The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 was entered on the register on 25 November 1998. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03667822).
How does CharityCompare score The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000'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 Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000'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.