# THE ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 224223
- **Other names:** THE NATIONAL, THE NATIONAL THEATRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 17, 1963
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=224223


## Contact

- **Address:** ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE, UPPER GROUND, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE1 9PX
- **Phone:** 02074523361
- **Email:** dparker@nationaltheatre.org.uk
- **Website:** www.nationaltheatre.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION SO FAR AS SUCH PROMOTION AND ASSISTANCE SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE AND IN PARTICULAR, SO FAR AS OF A CHARITABLE NATURE, TO PROCURE AND INCREASE THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRAMATIC ART IN ALL ITS FORMS AS A MEMORIAL TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

**Activities:** The National Theatre is central to the creative life of the UK. In its three theatres on the South Bank in London it presents new plays and classics from the world repertoire. It extends its reach through live broadcasts into cinema, UK and International tours and deepens audience engagement through its education programme. It looks after the wider health of theatre through R&D at the NT Studio.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- China
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- United States



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 30, 2025 | £128700000 | £121600000 | £88900000 | 931 |
| March 31, 2024 | £121400000 | £125400000 | £81800000 | 840 |
| March 31, 2023 | £89000000 | £90900000 | £85800000 | 778 |
| March 31, 2022 | £80800000 | £80100000 | £87700000 | 669 |
| March 31, 2021 | £56300000 | £51600000 | £87000000 | 759 |



## Trustees

- **SIR DAMON MARCUS BUFFINI** (Chair) — appointed June 9, 2016
- Amanda Kate Pritchard — appointed Oct. 2, 2023
- Baroness Beeban Kidron — appointed Sept. 25, 2025
- Cate Blanchett — appointed Nov. 27, 2024
- Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce D.C.M.G — appointed Jan. 31, 2019
- Dame Marit Mohn — appointed Sept. 25, 2024
- Deborah Weinstein — appointed July 2, 2025
- Elizabeth Pryce — appointed May 1, 2015
- James Matthew Graham — appointed Nov. 27, 2024
- Louise Elizabeth Charlton — appointed Jan. 31, 2019
- Melanie Jane Richards CBE — appointed Feb. 3, 2021
- Sarah Maria Wiggins — appointed Nov. 27, 2024
- Simon Minty — appointed Nov. 20, 2020
- Tim Score — appointed July 31, 2017