Coventry’s vibrant producing & presenting theatre.
THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT 2019 -20
The Belgrade Theatre is a charity. Public funding received from Arts Council England, Coventry City Council, fundraising from various Trusts and Foundations, and Charitable and Business Sponsorship, enables us to leverage considerably more from earned income generated through ticket and other sales.
We worked with over
54
£572k
113
artists from the UK’s talent pool in the creative industries
was paid in Tax and NI
productions
£2.5m
Spent on gross payroll, creating full or part time employment for over 275 people
145,464 people experienced a live performance at the Belgrade Theatre
£595k
£9.8m
Coventry City Council grant
equivalent value of press coverage
leveraging £942k Arts Council grant
£5.8m turnover
We attracted
Our average ticket price of £19.73 meant our tickets were affordable & accessible
£170,134 in philanthropic support
5,656
work placement hours
We earn
71.5%
of our income Up from 46% in 08/09
Economic Impact
£6.86 GENERATED FOR EVERY £1 OF COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL FUNDING
£5.9m* worth of local economic impact
*2018/19 data
33,796
tickets for children and young people sold
Cultural & Social Impact
BROADENING CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT & SOCIAL COHESION
Printed on FSC paper
4
apprenticeship posts making 34 since 2009 &
11,576
children, young people & aged 50+ participated in workshops, and