# Ars Dramatis Ltd

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1215457 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1215457)
- Company number: 16595242
- What it funds: Arts / culture / heritage / science
- Who it helps: The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales
- Other names: Ars Dramatis (previous)
- Trustees: 3
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/ars-dramatis

The goal of Ars Dramatis is to support the making of theatre and dramatic art in order to improve the quality of art and cultural provision in the UK.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The objects of the charity is to promote, maintain, improve and advance education of the public with reference to drama and the performing arts, to increase the appreciation and understanding of the public of the dramatic arts in all their forms and to encourage and promote the arts with particular reference but not exclusively to the art of drama, provided that all objects of the company shall be of a charitable nature.

## What it funds

Ars Dramatis Ltd is registered under the Charity Commission purposes arts / culture / heritage / science for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Ars Dramatis Ltd in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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