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The Playground Theatre Company Limited

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The Playground Theatre Company Limited is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science.

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What are the key facts about The Playground Theatre Company Limited?

Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£212,031
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£193,534
Registered charity number
1085435
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
DNS House
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

The Playground Theatre Company Limited (number 1085435) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does The Playground Theatre Company Limited do?

The Playground Studio provides the conditions that are essential to the creative theatre making process by providing space, inviting leading artists/teachers to run workshops on specialised subjects and by encouraging individuals within the group to lead workshops on their own personal specialties.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Playground Theatre Company Limited

Answers The Playground Theatre Company Limited gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are The Playground Theatre Company Limited's highest-paid staff paid?

The Playground Theatre Company Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records The Playground Theatre Company Limited 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. Work out your Gift Aid

The Playground Theatre Company Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
03534123 (Companies House)
Also known as
The Playground Studio
Previous names on the register
Fusion Theatre Company; The Playground Performing Arts Studio
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Other Defined Groups; The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Makes Grants To Individuals; Provides Human Resources; Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Sponsors Or Undertakes Research.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is The Playground Theatre Company Limited registered for?

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Why is there no Clarity Score for The Playground Theatre Company Limited yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Playground Theatre Company Limited. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is The Playground Theatre Company Limited a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists The Playground Theatre Company Limited as a registered charity (number 1085435) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is The Playground Theatre Company Limited's charity number?
The Playground Theatre Company Limited's charity number is 1085435. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1085435?
Search 1085435 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does The Playground Theatre Company Limited do?
The Playground Studio provides the conditions that are essential to the creative theatre making process by providing space, inviting leading artists/teachers to run workshops on specialised subjects and by encouraging individuals within the group to lead workshops on their own personal specialties.
Does The Playground Theatre Company Limited have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Playground Theatre Company Limited. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to The Playground Theatre Company Limited?
The Playground Theatre Company Limited's website listed in our register data is http://www.the-playground.co.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is The Playground Theatre Company Limited's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Playground Theatre Company Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. 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.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Playground Theatre Company Limited?
The register records The Playground Theatre Company Limited 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 Playground Theatre Company Limited's trustees paid?
The Playground Theatre Company Limited'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 Playground Theatre Company Limited previously called?
The register lists these previous names for The Playground Theatre Company Limited: Fusion Theatre Company; The Playground Performing Arts Studio.
When was The Playground Theatre Company Limited registered as a charity?
The Playground Theatre Company Limited was entered on the register on 7 March 2001. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03534123).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.