The RSC is one of the UK's national theatre companies.

• The RSC's turnover is £32 million.
• RSC brings an estimated £58 million worth of investment to the region each year.
• The Company brings an estimated £18 million worth of direct income into the Stratford area, including £11.8 million of self-generated income.
• Over half over the RSC's income is self-generated, with over 850,000 visitors in 2001/2.
  The RSC received £12.8 million in subsidy from the Arts Council of England in 2002/3.
  
• The RSC performed over 40 weeks of UK touring in year 2000/1.
• In 1998, the RSC launched a policy of programming for family audiences with a new stage version of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. This production alone attracted 40,000 first-time attendees to the RSC.
• Over 250,000 people in the UK under the age of 25 see the RSC's work each year - approximately 25 per cent of the RSC's total audience.
  
• For the 2001 production of Alice in Wonderland, the Hats, Millinery and Jewellery Department alone made over 90 items of hats and accessories, including fans and jewellery.
• The Snow Queen in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2002) wore a hat with stripped ostrich quills. Each quill had to be hologrammed and painted.
• The RSC Men's Costume Department can make a shirt from start to finish in four hours. A good pair of trousers might take twelve hours.
• The RSC Armoury uses the local blacksmith to make battle shields in his forge. Abattoir aprons, made of fine steel mesh, are used by the RSC Armoury to make chain mail for battle wear.
• All RSC hats, boots and costumes make their way to the RSC Hire Wardrobe after the end of a production and are available to be hired by members of the public.