Overall GiG Score: 21 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

ALTERNATIVE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED 

Developing, promoting and producing the best new theatre writing. Providing professional development, education and training both for those within the industry and those learning about the industry. Increasing audience access to New Writing both in London and further afield. Encouraging cultural diversity.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 49 years

www.bushtheatre.co.uk

info@bushtheatre.co.uk

02087433584

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£2,079£2,461£-382£107£3,979£2401.2320
31/03/22£1,811£2,343£-532£95£4,361£6103.1620
31/03/21£1,761£1,803£-42£91£4,893£8495.7570
31/03/20£2,018£2,638£-620£100£4,935£4932.2570
31/03/19£2,551£2,633£-83£111£5,555£6533570
31/03/18£2,055£2,494£-439£114£5,638£2721.3630
31/03/17*£4,245£1,658£2,587£129£6,077£4143270
31/03/16£2,626£1,996£630£311£3,515£2441.5300
31/03/15£1,800£1,933£-132£323£2,885£3692.3290
31/03/14£2,566£2,111£455£522£3,017£5213280
31/03/13£1,839£1,679£160£145£2,564£2141.5230
31/03/12*£3,794£1,645£2,150£44£2,404£520.4190
31/03/11£1,519£1,412£108£241£253£1401.2160
31/03/10£1,075£1,025£50£33£145£410.5180
31/03/09*£912£946£-34£26£95£630.8180
31/03/08£917£936£-19£54£129£761120
31/03/07*£901£903£-1£41£148£1071.4110
31/03/06*£1,053£1,035£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£802£774£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£780£724£57£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 6%
Reserves/Spending: 1.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Who works here?
  • 32 employees
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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£981,234
Esmee Fairbairn£132,000
John Lyon's Charity£128,000
The Foyle Foundation£75,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£35,000 18/09/2023
towards the continuation and growth of the Talent Development Programme
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Alternative Theatre Company
£12,000 06/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Bush Theatre
£4,000 05/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Alternative Theatre Company
£120,000 24/08/2022
Towards unrestricted core costs to support the Bush Theatre’s Talent & Leadership Development and inclusive careers
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bush Theatre: Community Progamme
£2,000 07/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
DCMS - NPO 2018-2022
£606,234 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 - Culture Recovery Fund
£250,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Bush Theatre Culture Recovery Fund
£125,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£40,000 04/02/2020
towards the Talent Development Programme in 2020/21
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Bush Theatre
£120,000 13/11/2019
36
Bush Theatre Young People and Education Programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 15/10/2019
Community Engagement Programme - Changing People's Lives in West London
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Bush Theatre
£4,000 29/06/2019
12
Bush Theatre Summer Holiday Programme
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bush Theatre: Community Progamme
£75,000 30/05/2018
36
over three years towards the running costs of the Bush Theatre's Community Associates Programme, working with community groups in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Bush Theatre - Alternative Theatre Company
£10,000 24/04/2018
10
Bush’s Young People Programme 2018-19 – changing lives through arts.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Alternative Theatre Company
£120,000 11/05/2016
36
Towards the theatre’s talent development programme, supporting a wide diversity of artists and making the most of the opportunities offered by a new studio theatre space.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Community Associates
£52,000 11/04/2016
18
Two local community organisations will become "Associates" at the Bush, forming an artistic partnership to create work and offer a depth of experience for participants.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Bush Theatre
£54,600 23/09/2015
£54,600 towards the cost of installing a lift which is part of Phase 2 of the capital project.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Bush Theatre
£60,000 22/07/2015
Emerging Artist programme
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Bush Theatre
£3,711 29/01/2015
£3,711 to commission an independent access audit to inform the redevelopment of the Old Library building.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Bush Theatre
£20,000 04/07/2011
Transformation of the old Shepherds Bush Public Library into new premises
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-72
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/1975, number: 270080
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/08/1975, number: 01221968
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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; AR17: 2 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR09: 292 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR04: 31 days late,
Main office

7 Uxbridge Road
Shepherd's Bush
London
W12 8LJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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