Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

WEST ACRE ARTS FOUNDATION LIMITED 

Theatre, education and drama activities and creative arts.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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: 28 years

www.westacretheatre.com

admin@westacretheatre.com

01760755007

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
05/04/23£43£73£-30n/an/an/an/an/a25
05/04/22*£41£79£-38n/an/an/an/an/a45
05/04/21£247£170£77n/an/an/an/an/a50
05/04/20£36£75£-39n/an/an/an/an/a50
05/04/19£35£55£-19n/an/an/an/an/a50
05/04/18£37£57£-20£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17£42£67£-26£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16£41£54£-13£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15£39£67£-28£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14£197£58£138£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£413£54£359£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/12£73£30£42£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11£31£36£-5£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10£22£27£-6£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09£30£37£-8£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/08£30£37£-7£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07£19£26£-7£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/06£23£17£6£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05£49£17£31£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04£8£14£-6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Norfolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 25 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
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£10,000 10/07/2023
towards core costs over the next 12 months
DCMS - Westacre Theatre
£156,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-82
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/08/1996, number: 1057258
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/12/1995, number: 03141293
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 19 days late,
Main office

Westacre Theatre
River Road
West Acre
KING'S LYNN
PE32 1UA

Objectives

THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PERFORMING ARTS (FOR FURTHER DETAILS, SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE WEST NORFOLK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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