Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 10

THEATRE CENTRE LIMITED

The principal activity of the company is the encouragement of the arts by the production of educational plays.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 62 years
(66 years as a company)

www.theatre-centre.co.uk

admin@theatre-centre.co.uk

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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		£379	£426	£-47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£405	£475	£-70	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21		£260	£341	£-82	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/20	*	£323	£385	£-62	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/19		£353	£334	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£342	£328	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£362	£351	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£384	£359	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£565	£448	£117	£10	£356	£312	8.4	5	0
31/03/14		£446	£486	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£402	£406	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£491	£491	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£495	£449	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£490	£420	£70	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£499	£483	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£512	£449	£62	£241	£151	£150	4	8	0
31/03/07		£528	£497	£31	£235	£89	£83	2	11	0
31/03/06		£526	£476	£50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£465	£415	£50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£472	£556	£-84	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

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

DCMS	£288,786
Backstage Trust	£24,939
John Lyon's Charity	£4,900

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Backstage Trust - Programme Costs grant
£24,939	28/09/2022	Sheffield creative hub for young people
DCMS - Theatre Centre NPO
£244,416	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 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 the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - Theatre Centre CRF
£44,370	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
John Lyon's Charity - Small grant to Theatre Centre
£4,900	25/09/2019 12	Young Company (Stage One - Action Research project)
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Out & About
£3,000	22/03/2018 2	Grant to Theatre Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Home
£9,696	01/03/2017 12	This is a project by a charity in Hackney serving beneficiaries in Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. The group will run a young people's theatre project to improve their understanding of identity ....more This is a project by a charity in Hackney serving beneficiaries in Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. The group will run a young people's theatre project to improve their understanding of identity and culture and bring the community together.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Theatre Centre
£20,000	18/03/2016	£20,000 for 18 months to enable Theatre Centre to develop ten Live Packages (audio drama + facilitated workshop) for delivery in London, to provide social investment training, toolkit development ....more £20,000 for 18 months to enable Theatre Centre to develop ten Live Packages (audio drama + facilitated workshop) for delivery in London, to provide social investment training, toolkit development and production and to evaluate the product and business model.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Take the Stage: empowering children through theatre
£41,801	08/02/2016 11	Theatre Centre will work with five primary schools across England to tackle the issue of gender stereotyping in schools. They will explore and test a model that integrates creative writing, ....more Theatre Centre will work with five primary schools across England to tackle the issue of gender stereotyping in schools. They will explore and test a model that integrates creative writing, interactive theatre and performance, placing children at the heart of the process. The performance will be toured to an additional five schools, where Year 5 and 6 children will also engage with the theme.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Theatre Centre
£24,600	27/08/2014	Into the Trenches
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Skylines
£53,800	11/04/2011	Development of a National Playwriting Network and skills provision for playwrights, promoting the artistic potential of work for young audiences in the wider writing community.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 20-45

ALEKSA ASME Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Artist, Other trusteeship: THE ALBANY 2001 COMPANY,

DAVID LUFF Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Theatre Producer

FRAZER FLINTHAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Writer

REBECCA CECELIA MAJOR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Barrister, Other trusteeship: MIDDLE TEMPLE CHARITY,

TITILOLA DAWUDU Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Programme Manager, Coventry City Of Culture Trust

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/10/1962, number: 210262
Registered at Companies House on 18/06/1957, number: 00585723

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR20: 45 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

1 Town Barn Road
Crawley
RH11 7XG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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