Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

BLUE ELEPHANT THEATRE LIMITED

Theatre in the community running education workshops for young people and a professional programme of work supporting new and emerging artists.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/23£185£257£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£276£241£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£224£196£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£229£186£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£204£193£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£186£162£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£142£150£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£166£144£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£174£171£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£186£187£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£178£186£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£253£240£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£183£174£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£134£159£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£168£149£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£142£127£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£112£119£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£145£188£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£172£159£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£118£117£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

www.blueelephanttheatre.co.uk

info@blueelephanttheatre.co.uk

02077010100

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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
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Southwark,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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£116,905
London Borough of Southwark£66,698
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund£60,000
Westminster Foundation£9,990
The Fore£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Blue Elephant Theatre
£5,540 31/03/2023
Cultural Celebrations Fund grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department
DCMS - Transition Fund
£43,071 24/03/2023
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 National Portfolio Organisations, or funded through ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Blue Elephant Theatre
£2,800 31/03/2022
Neighbourhoods Fund - West Central grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Blue Elephant Theatre
£19,500 31/03/2022
Culture Grants grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Blue Elephant Theatre
£4,052 31/03/2022
Cultural Celebrations Fund grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Street Party
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Blue Elephant Theatre
£15,306 31/03/2022
Public Health grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Health improvement
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£9,990 29/07/2020
6
Creative Minds, an early intervention programme designed to improve the well-being, confidence and educational achievement of vulnerable children in Southwark (covid-19)
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Blue Elephant Theatre
£5,000 22/06/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Blue Elephant Theatre, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Blue Elephant Theatre
£19,500 01/04/2020
Culture Grants grant from the Environment & Leisure department
DCMS - Blue Elephant Theatre NPO Application Jan 2016
£73,834 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that 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 ....more
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Towards the Participation Department core costs
£30,000 27/11/2019
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Core costs
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Towards the Participation Department core costs
£30,000 27/11/2019
Core costs
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Blue Elephant Theatre
£19,500 01/04/2019
Culture Grants grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Blue Elephant Theatre
£19,500 01/04/2018
Culture Grants grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Blue Elephant Theatre
£5,000 01/04/2018
Neighbourhoods Fund: Camberwell grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Blue Elephant Theatre
£19,500 01/04/2017
Arts & Culture grant from the Environment & Social Regeneration department
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a performing arts project
£1,000 03/11/2016
Towards a performing arts project for underachieving young people in Camberwell.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Blue Elephant Theatre
£79,688 11/10/2016
36
This project will provide Saturday and holiday drama workshops, trips & a Youth Panel for children and young people experiencing a range of disadvantages and deprivations, and will increase confidence, improve emotional wellbeing and increase ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Blue Elephant Theatre
£25,922 01/04/2016
Arts & Culture grant from the Environment & Leisure department
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the Creative Minds project
£2,500 31/01/2013
Towards the Creative Minds project to prevent social exclusion in Camberwell.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 30-66
  • BRIAN ALISTAIR BEATON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Support Worker/Trainer
  • CHRIS LAWRENCE (Chair)
  • DERRICK AARON OKO TAWIAH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
  • MARTINE JEAN-BAPTISTE Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Teacher
  • MATTHEW CRAIG Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Journalist
  • MAYA PINDAR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Learning & Participation Coordinator
  • PAUL LANGTON Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Mental Health Support Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/08/1999, number: 1077161
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/03/1999, number: 03724349
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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from REWRITE on 10/09/2021
Main office

59a Bethwin Road
Camberwell
London
SE5 0XT

Objectives

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND IN FILM AND THEATRE BY WAY OF WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND PRODUCTIONS OF WORK AND IN SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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