Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

COLLECTIVE ENCOUNTERS 

Collective Encounters is a small professional arts organisation specialising in theatre as a tool for social change.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 20 years

www.collective-encounters.org.uk

info@collective-encounters.org.uk

01513456266

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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£277£235£42n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/22£272£273£-1n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/21£292£280£12n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/20£205£216£-11n/an/an/an/an/a42
31/03/19£249£209£40n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/18£232£241£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£285£308£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£269£232£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£244£240£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£235£229£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£166£182£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£120£140£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£166£133£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£132£153£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£220£193£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£137£115£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£68£66£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£140£151£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£52£45£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 25 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
DCMS£129,024
National Lottery Community Fund£123,550
National Lottery Heritage Fund£29,300
Esmee Fairbairn£16,225
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Shared Voices
£9,530 03/02/2023
The funding will be used to run a programme of workshops/residencies in small grassroots community group settings working alongside groups volunteers and community members to improve their resilience ....more
DCMS - Transition Fund
£47,537 02/02/2023
In recognition of the challenges facing organisations leaving the National Portfolio and as a way of improving the support we provide to them, we will provide a transition period for those who were ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Women in Action
£105,000 24/06/2022
This funding will support Collective Encounters (CE) to support women in the Liverpool City Region who have experienced one or multiple disadvantages in improving their wellbeing confidence and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Women in Action
£9,020 18/12/2020
7
The funding will be used to run activities focusing on the economic and social circumstances of vulnerable women over the years and during the pandemic. The project aims to work with women affected ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Collective Encounters
£2,400 17/06/2020
COVID19 - This grant will fund 10 tablets to children and young people who don't have access to technology and are isolated at home due to Covid-19. This funding will ensure that children and young ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Collective Encounters
£16,225 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
DCMS - NPO 2018 - 2022
£81,487 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Collective Encounters
£29,300 21/11/2019
Women in Action: Stories of Hope, Resilience & Resistance
National Lottery Community Fund - Live & Learn
£8,410 20/12/2018
12
The project aims to help reduce social isolation among older people as well as challenge preconceptions about the older generation. The funding will be used to run creative workshops, as well as host ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Above & Beyond
£198,000 17/12/2018
48
Collective Encounters is an arts organisation focusing on theatre for social change through collaborative practice. This grant will fund a four-year programme to engage adults and young people living ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Collective Encounters
£120,000 23/10/2018
42
Towards the costs of a Centre for Excellence in Participatory theatre, comprising a training programme for adults experiencing socio-economic disadvantage and a national network of small to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Collective Encounters
£106,260 23/10/2018
36
Take Part will offer theatre sessions and outreach for those aged up to 18 in Merseyside, who are young carers, homeless or at risk of going into care as well as those impacted by poverty. It will ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Collective Encounters
£9,800 09/06/2016
12
Towards a project using the arts to improve the quality of life for paid and unpaid carers and people with dementia.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Transitions Project
£192,770 16/12/2014
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Transitions
£110,310 10/08/2011
36
A project to create outreach activities in hostels, temporary accommodation and homeless support settings, offering community based accredited training, peer mentoring and work placements.The scheme ....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: 24-68
  • FABIO NEGRO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Managing Director
  • TERESA HELDT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Community Development Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/09/2004, number: 1105790
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/03/2004, number: 05062035
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
19 returns made; AR07: 292 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

Merseyside Play Action Council
1-27 Bridport Street
Liverpool
L3 5QF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS, AND PARTICULARLY THE ART OF THEATRE IN ALL ITS ASPECTS, BY THE PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF THEATRICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY BASED PERFORMANCES, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON NEW WORKS PRODUCED BY THE COMPANY OR COMMISSIONED BY THIRD PARTIES;2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF THEATRE BY THE PROMOTION OF DRAMA TRAINING CLASSES AND/OR WORKSHOPS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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