Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +6

VITAL XPOSURE LIMITED 

Vital Xposure is a disability-led theatre company that educates about diversity through theatreproductions and training programmes that expose and challenge cultural and social prejudice.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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: 9 years
(13 years as a company)

www.vitalxposure.co.uk

intouch@vitalxposure.co.uk

02081234495

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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£272£295£-24n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/22£154£119£35n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/21£139£131£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£127£148£-21n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/19£141£114£27n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/18£178£164£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£140£127£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£210£191£20£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Who works here?
  • 2 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, 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
City Bridge Trust£93,150
National Lottery Community Fund£19,709
National Lottery Heritage Fund£7,603
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellspring
£9,900 19/05/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a training programme for writers from the disabled community. This project aims to reduce employment barriers develop skills and build community networks.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Vital Xposure Limited
£7,603 11/05/2022
Quiet Rebels
National Lottery Community Fund - Quiet Rebels Outreach
£9,809 04/02/2022
The funding will be used to lead a production uncovering stories of British women who married men of the Windrush generation leading to a multicultural society. The aim is to educate younger people ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Vital Xposure
£86,000 26/01/2021
36
£86,000 over three further and final years (£32,000; £29,000; £25,000) to continue Vital Xposure’s work to develop and support d/Deaf and disabled artists in London to create art and culture.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Vital Xposure
£7,150 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £7,150, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Vital Xposure
£57,200 31/01/2018
24
£57,200 over two years(2 x £28,600) towards the costs of Vital Exposure's work to develop and deliver inclusive theatre. The funding is offered on the condition that the full balance of funds is ....more
The Funding Network - Disabled Writer's Professional Development Programme
£2,755 22/06/2017
Vital Xposure will recruit an Associate Writer to initiate work with four disabled playwrights. To improve participants' future professional prospects.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 45-57
  • UCHENNA IZUNDU Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Communications And Content Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/04/2015, number: 1161464
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/01/2011, number: 07488858
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

VITAL XPOSURE
EMPIRE 2
HACKNEY EMPIRE THEATRE
291 MARE STREET
LONDON
E8 1EJ

Objectives

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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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