Finance Score: -9
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Very static board: -5
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

BOWNESS THEATRE FESTIVAL LIMITED 

Provide drama, music and comedy of the highest quality attracting audience members both locally and nationally.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/01/23*£229£264£-35n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/01/22£85£87£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/01/21£80£59£22n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/01/20*£139£343£-204n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/01/19*£351£343£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/01/18£304£513£-209£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/17£169£324£-155£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/16£185£285£-100£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/15£480£252£228£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/14£265£301£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/13£165£253£-88£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/12£184£197£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/11£170£168£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/10£244£199£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/09£96£116£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/08£122£134£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/07*£155£106£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/06£83£106£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/05£78£104£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/04*£147£140£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years

www.oldlaundrytheatre.co.uk

boxoffice@oldlaundrytheatre.co.uk

01142361886

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

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

Age Range of Trustees: 35-82
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/08/2001, number: 1088229
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/02/2001, number: 04168289
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
  • 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; AR23: 61 days late, AR20: 8 days late, AR19: 23 days late, AR07: 65 days late, AR04: 41 days late,
Main office

PLUMPTON HOUSE
BENTS DRIVE
SHEFFIELD
S11 9RN

Objectives

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF AESTHETIC EDUCATION AND THE CULTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC TASTE IN DRAMA, OPERA, MUSIC, PAINTING AND THE OTHER ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOWNESS, CUMBRIA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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