Annual Review
Our Strategic Aims
- Financial Stability
- Serving Our Community
- Vibrant Cultural and Heritage Programme
- Developing Our Audiences
- Make Our Theatres and Museum Green
- Investment in The Buildings and The Business
In 2025/26, we will be adding Commercial Growth as an independent, additional strategic aim focusing on increasing the secondary spend, sweating the assets and working with TRG Arts to increase our ticket sales.
Highlights in 2024/25
Economic Impact increased by 17.6% to £8.35 for every £1 invested by Worthing Borough Council in 2024/25
Major income streams saw an increase from 2023/24 to 2024/25
- Live Events and Panto up 19.69%
- Film up 15.03%
- Bars and Concessions up 15.04%
- Venue Hire up 18.78%
10,788 young people and 85 educational institutions attended an event or workshop at WTM.
3,711 performances, events and activities that inspire, challenge, educate and entertain.
2,796 screenings of over 350 films.
49.6% of bookers visited WTM for the first time, with over 25,000 tickets sold to Under 18s.
272 children attending free Holiday Activities Fund sessions enjoying lunch, a show or film and workshops.
Staged 16 entirely free outdoor shows.
Burpham Big Dig - an incredible project involving members of the public discovering history right beneath their feet.
76,000 people were welcomed into the Museum to enjoy the exhibitions, displays, and talks.
Installed cutting-edge Hearing-Loop technology.