Overall GiG Score: 22 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

THE ORPHEUS CENTRE TRUST 

An inclusive, performing arts centre, Orpheus aims to provide opportunities for personal development through the performing arts and other learning experiences for young. disabled adults so that they can make informed choices about the future and gain the skills to live more independently in the community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Established: 20 years

www.orpheus.org.uk

enquiries@orpheus.org.uk

01883744664

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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
31/08/22£3,862£3,612£249£357£7,631£5,15617.1106119
31/08/21£3,256£3,098£158£456£7,576£4,84918.876108
31/08/20£3,728£2,945£783£362£7,290£4,33417.775100
31/08/19?£3,710£3,217£492£407£6,491£3,57013.37599
31/07/18£2,991£2,858£133£356£5,952£3,18213.47290
31/07/17£2,936£2,599£338£179£5,806£2,94713.6680
31/07/16£2,804£2,361£443£145£5,440£2,51712.8700
31/07/15£2,659£2,047£612£160£4,916£1,5098.8560
31/07/14£2,127£1,737£390£124£4,304£9976.9550
31/07/13£2,115£1,755£360£184£3,914£5703.9600
31/07/12£1,829£1,668£161£105£3,555£1931.4700
31/07/11£1,777£1,920£-143£117£3,394£350.2600
31/07/10£2,159£1,660£499£101£3,537£-227-1.6540
31/07/09£1,476£1,691£-215£88£3,038£-311-2.2480
31/07/08£1,779£1,625£154£97£3,252£-116-0.9500
31/07/07£1,610£1,698£-88£79£3,099£-349-2.5500
31/07/06?£1,787£2,198£-411£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05£1,326£1,541£-215£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 68%
Reserves/Spending: 17.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 106 employees
  • 119 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£255,551
Pears Foundation£95,000
Community Foundation for Surrey£47,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - The Orpheus Fundraising Feasibility Study
£10,000 01/11/2022
Funding for a feasibility study to asses the capacity to undertake a large scale capital funding project to meet the growing demand of service.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - The Orpheus Centre Trust - 30/11/21
£1,500 14/01/2022
Core Funding
Community Foundation for Surrey - The COIN refurbishment project
£3,000 19/07/2021
1
Funding towards refurbishing a hub for COIN students in Tandridge.
Pears Foundation - Grant to The Orpheus Centre
£60,000 21/06/2021
Core Funding
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - People with Disabilities
£25,000 03/09/2020
5
Funding towards new IT systems and equipment to enable safe and efficient online and face-to-face delivery of service at a school supporting the needs and education of young people with physical and ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to The Orpheus Centre
£35,000 17/04/2020
12
Core funding
Wates Foundation - The Orpheus Centre
£10,000 16/04/2020
To help create a safe space for students, including a multi-sensory room with a sensory garden and a seating area with ‘friendly benches’.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - People with Disabilities
£5,000 01/04/2020
Core cost support for centre supporting young disabled adults during the Covid-19 crisis
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - The Orpheus Centre Trust
£5,000 27/11/2019
Funding for our Learning Transitions Programme, a three year programme supporting young adults with disabilities to make the transition from being a student at Orpheus to independent living.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Orpheus Trust
£15,000 05/11/2019
purchase of a wheelchair accessible vehicle for a charity which works with people with disabilities in Surrey
Community Foundation for Surrey - The Outdoor Gym and MUGA project
£4,000 21/10/2019
11
Contribution to outdoor gym/multi-sports area at a residential centre for those with disabilites.
National Lottery Community Fund - Learning Transitions Programme
£255,551 30/05/2019
36
The organisation will use funding to continue the Transitions Programme, which is a project to support young adults with disabilities to make the transition from being a student at Orpheus College to ....more
Mark Leonard Trust - Soundbeam kit
£5,562 18/05/2018
Towards a Soundbeam kit.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£90,000 18/04/2018
The Learning Transitions Programme
Community Foundation for Surrey - The Opheus Performance Group
£3,000 02/08/2017
11
Costs for travel and support for disabled students to participate in musical performances.
Pears Foundation - Grant to The Orpheus Centre
£90,000 05/07/2017
24
Developing a Communication and Interaction specialism
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Orpheus Centre
£90,100 27/06/2017
36
Learning Transitions Project
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Orpheus Centre
£108,000 20/11/2013
50% bursaries for three students
National Lottery Community Fund - Transition Pathways
£398,370 23/10/2013
36
This project will complement and build on the training, personal support and care functions at the Orpheus Centre Trust (OCT) by preparing young students with disabilities to live as independently as ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/07/2004, number: 1105213
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/03/2004, number: 05089501
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE PADDOCK WOOD CHORAL SOCIETY on 13/09/2023
Main office

THE ORPHEUS CENTRE
NORTH PARK LANE
GODSTONE
RH9 8ND

Objectives

The objects of the Charity are3.1 The relief of young disabled people in particular but not limited to the foregoing by the provision of domiciliary care facilities; and3.2 The advancement of education particularly of young disabled people by the provision of3.2.1 Opportunities to participate in the performing arts as creators, performers, technicians, administrators and audiences3.2.2 Learning, training, care and other facilities which support their progress towards independent living

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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