Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 14
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 25 ?

TAMASHA THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

New writing theatre touring company
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£608£555£53£16£336£2535.560
31/03/23£454£537£-83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£475£478£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£435£355£80n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£444£461£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£549£562£-14£0£294£2936.270
31/03/17£482£394£88n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£479£386£93n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£411£377£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£398£362£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£467£457£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£441£497£-56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£522£474£47£12£104£892.250
31/03/10£655£718£-63£15£57£460.830
31/03/09£444£464£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£503£441£62£16£140£1403.850
31/03/07£440£475£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£462£414£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£445£408£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£467£473£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 37%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 5.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 34 years

www.tamasha.org.uk

info@tamasha.org.uk

02077490090

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£372,255
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£305,000
Esmee Fairbairn£150,000
John Ellerman Foundation£105,000
City Bridge Trust£26,948
Backstage Trust£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,993
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Tamasha Theatre Company Limited
£150,000 06/12/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs to grow and enhance Developing Artists and creative programming initiatives, alongside organisational growth, to advance equitable practice across the sector nationally
Backstage Trust - Project grant
£25,000 23/03/2023
Contribution towards salary of Marketing & Development Officer
National Lottery Community Fund - STARS Outreach Programme
£9,993 18/11/2022
The project will support a participatory arts programme for women and girls delivered in association with a play STARS and this will include a 10 week programme of touring workshops to encourage a cross cultural awareness of trauma FGM and gender ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Tamasha's National Developing Artists Programme,
£305,000 03/10/2022
Tamasha is a national new writing theatre company, serving Global Majority artists and audiences. This grant will support Tamasha to roll out a national developing artists programme, supporting emerging and mid-career artists from the Global ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - A Digital Producer role and some funding to contribute towards the delivery of projects
£105,000 24/09/2020
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Towards the costs of a new Digital Producer role and facilitate regionally-based creative projects.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Tamasha Theatre Company
£26,948 19/06/2020
£26,948.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018-22
£320,251 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 the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has ....more
DCMS - Tamasha Recovery programme 2021
£52,004 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 18/10/2018
24
Tamasha Playwrights regional scheme 2018-20
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018-22
£314,465 01/04/2018
National portfolio organisation 2018-22
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018-22
£78,616 01/04/2018
To support National portfolio organisation 2018-22
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Tamasha Theatre Company
£15,100 27/03/2018
24
Tamasha Playwrights
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Tamasha Theatre Company Limited
£110,000 21/11/2012
Towards Tamasha Developing Artists, a development programme for intra-cultural theatre-makers that progresses talented artists into employment.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 27-65
  • ALIA ALZOUGBI Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Ceo & Artistic Director
  • DEEPA PATEL Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Independent Consultant
  • KELLY JEAN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
  • MARY CAWS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • SHAWAB IQBAL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Learning & Participation Producer
  • VICTORIA RUDOLPH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Auditor
  • ZAHRAH AZAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Policy Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/01/1991, number: 1001483
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/12/1989, number: 02455299
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

38 Mayton Street
London
N7 6QR

Objectives

To advance the arts for the public benefit, primarily by the promotion of the art of drama, with a particular focus on supporting talent development, diversity and leadership in the arts.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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