Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits: -2

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 14

THE OLDHAM COLISEUM THEATRE LIMITED

Provide a wide variety of distinctive and high quality theatre performance and participatory activities for people from all communities in Oldham and Greater Manchester.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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		£2,096	£2,453	£-356	£0	£651	£631	3.1	38	20
31/03/22		£2,005	£1,767	£238	£0	£704	£666	4.5	35	30
31/03/21		£1,485	£1,187	£298	£0	£382	£360	3.6	38	40
31/03/20	*	£1,929	£2,155	£-226	£2	£68	£48	0.3	49	43
31/03/19		£2,299	£2,544	£-244	£6	£195	£106	0.5	48	15
31/03/18		£2,624	£2,360	£264	£27	£439	£163	0.8	58	0
31/03/17		£2,480	£2,439	£41	£0	£175	£116	0.6	59	0
31/03/16		£2,430	£2,419	£11	£0	£134	£89	0.4	53	0
31/03/15		£2,230	£2,239	£-9	£7	£113	£109	0.6	54	0
31/03/14		£2,178	£2,219	£-41	£6	£123	£119	0.6	53	0
31/03/13		£2,159	£2,180	£-21	£6	£163	£118	0.6	54	0
31/03/12		£2,019	£2,087	£-68	£6	£184	£163	0.9	52	0
31/03/11		£2,539	£2,460	£79	£6	£252	£231	1.1	57	0
31/03/10		£2,216	£2,207	£9	£5	£173	£141	0.8	56	0
31/03/09		£2,039	£2,058	£-19	£5	£164	£163	1	50	0
31/03/08		£2,047	£2,087	£-40	£116	£183	£178	1	52	0
31/03/07	*	£1,862	£1,919	£-57	£115	£223	£221	1.4	41	0
31/03/06		£2,023	£2,064	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£1,693	£1,618	£75	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£1,553	£1,508	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 3.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 45 years

www.coliseum.org.uk

mail@coliseum.org.uk

01617857001

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Lancashire, Oldham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

38 employees
20 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Transition Fund
£358,856	20/02/2023	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 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 National Portfolio Organisations, or funded through Business Plan funding, during the year ended 31 March 2023 and that were not asked to join the 2023-26 Investment Programme.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£75,000	01/10/2021	Oldham Coliseum Theatre Covid-19 Support Request for Stability and Development
DCMS - NPO Application 2018-22
£615,182	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 - Oldham Coliseum Theatre
£243,342	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Oldham Coliseum Theatre
£56,600	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Conversations
£9,880	23/11/2018 12	The organisation aims to provide prop making and puppetry workshops for people with dementia in the local community. The project will deliver outreach for people with dementia in the hopes of ....more The organisation aims to provide prop making and puppetry workshops for people with dementia in the local community. The project will deliver outreach for people with dementia in the hopes of improving their wellbeing and access to activities. Funding will go towards, theatre practitioners, puppetry workshops, prop making workshops, materials and resources, festival and transport.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Oldham Coliseum Theatre Limited
£60,000	04/12/2017	Redevelopment
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£250,000	11/10/2017	The New Coliseum Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Oldham Coliseum Theatre
£17,228	01/03/2016 36	Education Partnership Scheme
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Oldham Coliseum Theatre
£15,000	30/01/2013	Education Partnership Scheme

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 24-51

DUNCAN CRAIG OBE (Chair) Appointed: 2023

HANNAH ROSE TAYLOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Fundraiser

JOANNE MOSS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Casting Associate Itv

KYLE WILCOCK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Front Of House Manager

MARTINA MURPHY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Creative Director

SIMON JAMES CHAPLIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: General Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/06/1979, number: 508829
Registered at Companies House on 16/02/1979, number: 01415547

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
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

20 returns made; AR20: 8 days late, AR07: 0 days late,

Main office

OLDHAM COLISEUM THEATRE LTD
COLISEUM THEATRE
FAIRBOTTOM STREET
OLDHAM
OL1 3SW

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY ENCOURAGING THE ARTS IN GENERAL AND THE CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL, FINE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN PARTICULAR. FOR FURTHER DETAIL PLEASE SEE THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER MANCHESTER

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