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    STRATFORD ARTS TRUST 

    Established: 12 years
    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?

    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
    31/03/21£1,024£922£102£0£317£2453.2170
    31/03/20£1,454£1,538£-84£0£215£1371.14120
    31/03/19*£1,582£1,474£108£42£299£2181.82210
    31/03/18£1,317£1,374£-56£0£191£1481.32110
    31/03/17£1,310£1,390£-81£35£248£2191.92110
    31/03/16*£1,147£1,173£-26£0£328£3053.1270
    31/03/15£1,342£1,044£298£10£355£2242.6190
    31/03/14*£1,053£1,009£44£65£57£400.5150
    31/03/13£852£855£-3£65£13£50.1140

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 35%
    Liabilities/Income: 17%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 77%
    Reserves/Spending: 3.2 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
    Quick Ratio: 2.7
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    • Recreation
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Barking And Dagenham, Hackney, Newham,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 17 employees

    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£449,416
    City Bridge Trust£120,250
    Esmee Fairbairn£20,334
    The Foyle Foundation£20,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Childhood Trust - Our Stratford Circus
    £1,200 22/06/2021
    Stratford Circus is proud to work with children and young people in East London giving them access to inspirational creative activities that fosters confidence, pride and joy.
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Stratford Circus
    £48,250 22/02/2021
    £48,250 over one year to contribute to core staff salaries, including the Engagement Co-ordinator, Development Manager and Interim CEO.
    DCMS - ACE Loneliness Fund
    £28,928 18/01/2021
    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
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £84,270 11/08/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Stratford Circus Arts Centre
    £20,334 05/05/2020
    6
    towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
    DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018-2022
    £307,290 01/04/2020
    The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
    DCMS - Celebrating Age Loneliness Projects
    £28,928 01/04/2020
    The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
    The Childhood Trust - Full Hearts Full Tummies
    £2,745 10/12/2019
    We are distributing 600 £1 tickets to children and their families facing disadvantage to see Little Angel Theatre's ?We're Going on a Bear Hunt? this Christmas at Stratford Circus Arts Centre and to ....more
    The Foyle Foundation - Arts
    £20,000 20/09/2019
    towards two years 2019 to 2021 of the Blue Sky Project enabling adults with learning difficulties and disabilities to participate in theatre and performance activity
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Creative Schools Programme / Stratford Circus Arts Centre
    £72,000 25/07/2019
    £72,000 over 2 further and final years (2 x £36,000) towards the running costs of the Blue Sky Actors project.
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Stratford Circus Arts Centre
    £122,000 25/07/2018
    36
    Towards the costs of the Creative Schools brokerage programme.
    Youth Music - Newham Harmony, with NewYVC – a massed singing, vocal development and youth leadership scheme for Newham
    £151,665 11/05/2018
    Newham Harmony, with NewYVC – a massed singing, vocal development and youth leadership scheme for Newham
    The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Stratford Arts Trust
    £40,000 07/02/2018
    48
    Main Grant unrestricted core costs
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £60,000 18/07/2017
    Core funding and investment to support fundraising for Stratford Circus Arts Centre - a dynamic contemporary performing arts venue driven by excellence and welcoming of the diverse communities of ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Stratford Arts Trust
    £109,558 09/02/2017
    36
    A three year grant to help fund arts sessions in children centres across Barking & Dagenham and Newham for children experiencing local deprivation. The art sessions will aim to increase health, ....more
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Stratford Circus Arts Centre
    £93,240 14/07/2016
    36
    £93,240 over 3 years (3 x £31,080) towards the salaries of the Education Managerand Project Coordinator; the sessional costs of the Artistic Director, Assistant Director, and Artistic Support ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/12/2011, number: 1145183
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    9 returns made; AR19: 3 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR14: 1 days late,
    Main office


    Objectives

    OBJECT 1: TO ADVANCE AND FURTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROVIDING A CENTRE TO PROMOTE ARTISTIC EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.OBJECT 2: TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELFARE OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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