THE OPEN THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Teaching differently: developing creative agency in the special school classroom
£250,000	09/05/2023	Open Theatre develops and promotes the creativity of young people with learning disabilities using non-verbal physical theatre. They run sessions in special schools, out of school groups and theatre projects. Open Theatre Company is extending their ....more Open Theatre develops and promotes the creativity of young people with learning disabilities using non-verbal physical theatre. They run sessions in special schools, out of school groups and theatre projects. Open Theatre Company is extending their reach, working intensively with teaching staff in three specialist SEND school settings in the West Midlands, equipping the adults to embed Open Theatre's proven young person-led, playful and responsive practice throughout the curriculum and school day.
Postcode Local Trust - Project Funding
£18,975	03/04/2023	Funding provided nonverbal physical theatre clubs for young people with learning disabilities in the summer holidays, reducing isolation.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - The Open Theatre Company - 12/07/22
£2,000	04/08/2022	Core Funding
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Open Theatre Company
£3,600	21/07/2022	purchase IT equipement for a charity supporting people with disabilties in the West Midlands
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Open Theatre Company Limited
£49,800	07/04/2021	River City Detectives
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Doorways
£46,209	13/11/2020 7	The project will use its funding to create programmes that encourage creativity and support young people living with learning disabilities to develop skills of emotional awareness and expression in order to reduce isolation and improve mental health.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£18,500	19/08/2020 4	Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
DCMS - NPO Band One
£152,760	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	29/11/2019	Twisted Tales
Heart Of England Community Foundation - The Silent Treatment
£4,950	02/08/2019 0	to deliver a five-day project in partnership with ‘Told By An Idiot’ theatre company for 20 young people.
Birmingham City Council - Can Can Can Festival
£3,000	14/01/2016	CAN CAN CAN FESTIVAL; Arts and culture;

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Trustees (7)

Legal constitution

• Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/06/1985, number: 291344
• Registered at Companies House on 12/12/1984, number: 01871300

Gift Aid

• NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

Open Theatre
Daimler Powerhouse
4 Sandy Lane
COVENTRY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED