Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

HIJINX THEATRE 

Hijinx train 70 learning disabled adults in Wales to become professional actors. These actors perform in Hijinx theatre and film productions and also deliver communication role play training to public and private sector organsiations. Hijinx encourage inclusive casting in theatre and film. Hijinx also curate a participation programme and an international festival.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 24 years
(36 years as a company)

www.hijinx.org.uk

info@hijinx.org.uk

02920 300331

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£903£1,328£-425£0£654£6115.518263
31/03/22*£856£887£-31£0£1,079£82811.214267
31/03/21£824£594£230£0£1,109£85817.313258
31/03/20£1,202£936£266£0£880£6398.215171
31/03/19£894£861£33£0£614£5077.114171
31/03/18£884£656£228£1£585£3917.270
31/03/17£687£530£157£0£356£2445.550
31/03/16£687£530£157£0£308£1613.750
31/03/15£302£266£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£471£408£63£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£404£422£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£313£311£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£412£380£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£335£352£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£363£398£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£370£372£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£355£350£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£348£330£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£306£289£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£275£270£5£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 5.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 8.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 18 employees
  • 263 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Esmee Fairbairn£290,000
The Rayne Foundation£40,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£11,500
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hijinx Theatre
£5,000 06/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 21/10/2022
Weston Charity Award Winner 2021-2022 Bonus
National Lottery Community Fund - PAWB
£10,000 26/09/2022
Hijinx Theatre in Cardiff in will provide weekly drama-based workshops that teach life skills to adults with learning disabilities or autism in North and South Wales. They will create an advisory ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Hijinx Theatre
£40,000 08/03/2022
Towards the salary and running costs of Hijinx Film.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hijinx Theatre
£60,000 23/06/2021
Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 09/06/2021
Weston Charity Award Winner 2021-2022
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hijinx Theatre
£2,979 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional costs to allow a project working with disabled young people isolated by the Covid-19 pandemic to adapt to a digital model. As a result the children and ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,979 05/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hijinx Theatre
£25,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 fast response grant
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hijinx
£3,014 15/11/2019
We want to buy film equipment and professional training to support a learning-disabled actor to win a BAFTA.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hijinx Theatre
£200,000 24/07/2019
48
Towards unrestricted core costs to facilitate Hijinx’s transition from a small to mid-scale theatre company to impact the lives of more learning disabled people.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Hijinx Theatre
£50,000 07/06/2018
24
Towards Hijinx' Acting for Screen and Television course to improve the work opportunities for learning disabled actors and to address the under-representation of learning disability on our screens
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 16/05/2018
Hijinx
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hijinx Theatre
£28,310 13/03/2018
36
This project will provide drama sessions for learning disabled children and young people. They will increase their confidence, enhance their social skills, and broaden their horizons.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Hijinx Theatre
£75,000 28/11/2017
36
To deliver a training and job creation programme for individuals with a learning disability enabling them to become trainers and/or paid actors in film, TV and theatre.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The End of Box Ticking? Towards Genuine Inclusivity
£60,000 13/10/2017
24
This grant will support Hijinx Theatre to promote and broaden the reach of their online directory of learning disabled actors in the UK. This initiative aims to increase professional opportunities ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Hijinx Theatre
£15,000 22/09/2016
12
Undertaking a digital development programme incorporating improved monitoring systems and client profile raising.
Nesta - ACE0372
£35,916 27/06/2016
9
Digital Innovation Fund for the Arts in Wales programme grant to Hijinx Grant Ref ACE0372
Nesta - ACE0348
£5,000 11/02/2016
2
Digital Innovation Fund for the Arts in Wales programme grant to Hijinx Grant Ref ACE0348
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hijinx Theatre
£60,000 05/10/2015
36
Towards professional training, performance and career development opportunities for actors with learning disabilities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Hijinx Theatre
£16,500 27/09/2013
This Cardiff based National charity trains learning disabled individuals to perform in professional theatre productions through facilitating workshops, training, inclusive community theatre courses ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 28-57
  • JAMES DOWNES (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Head Of Product
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/11/1999, number: 1078358
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/09/1987, number: 02161783
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 1 days late, AR06: 982 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

HIJINX THEATRE
THE WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE
BUTE PLACE
CARDIFF
CF10 5AL

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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