Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

TOBACCO FACTORY ARTS TRUST

The company's objective is the advancement of the education of the public in the appreciation and understanding of performing and visual arts in all their forms, through the operation and management of the Tobacco Factory Theatre.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 issues to consider:

  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,251£1,362£-111£40£1,277£1,22910.8355
31/03/22£1,532£986£546£81£1,387£1,27115.5290
31/03/21£1,066£812£254£60£841£78811.6330
31/03/20£1,752£1,900£-148£186£587£5873.7425
31/03/19£2,098£1,999£99£207£735£7354.43612
31/03/18£2,554£2,128£426£179£636£5443.1370
31/03/17£2,212£2,276£-65£187£211£960.5170
31/03/16£2,116£2,156£-40£192£275£290.2170
31/03/15£2,278£2,220£58£187£315£2051.1170
31/03/14*£2,112£1,947£165£176£257£190.1170
31/03/13£1,726£1,727£0£121£92£530.4160
31/03/12*£1,553£1,536£17£251£109£1090.8160
31/03/11£1,471£1,385£87£93£92£870.8150
31/03/10£1,218£1,203£15£83£6£60.1140
31/03/09?£1,068£1,025£43£154£-10£-10-0.1160
30/04/08£871£947£-76£136£-53£-53-0.790
30/04/07£738£560£177£132£23£230.5150
30/04/06*£496£584£-89n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/05*£529£594£-65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/04£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 10.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 22 years

www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com

theatre@tobaccofactorytheatres.com

01179020345

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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 buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City,
Who it helps
  • 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£428,034
The Foyle Foundation£50,000
Quartet Community Foundation£9,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Tobacco Factory Arts Trust
£2,000 13/12/2023
Toward the Get Involved programmes that provides performing arts opportunities for children and young people.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Tobacco Factory Arts Trust
£2,000 13/12/2022
Toward the Get Involved programmes that provide performing arts opportunities for children and young people.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Tobacco Factory Arts Trust
£2,000 20/12/2021
Toward the Get Involved programmes that provide performing arts opportunities for children and young people.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£50,000 16/09/2021
to install essential new air conditioning system, needed to increase audience capacity and confidence (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Tobacco Factory Theatres
£61,458 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 - Tobacco Factory Theatres - Culture Recovery Fund Application
£246,440 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Tobacco Factory Theatres recovery fund application
£120,136 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Quartet Community Foundation - The Dan Hickey Access Fund
£3,500 05/03/2020
12
Toward an access fund to be held within the Tobacco Factory to be used for any activity that improves access to Tobacco Factory activities and services for disadvantaged young people aged up to 25 years.
Quartet Community Foundation - Young Theatre Makers
£5,000 18/09/2019
9
Toward the cost of running weekly Young Theatre Makers sessions for the benefit children and young people aged 7-19 years, including a set of sessions based at Filwood Community Centre.
Quartet Community Foundation - The Dan Hickey Access Fund
£3,500 18/02/2019
12
Toward an access fund to be held within the Tobacco Factory to be used for any activity that improves access to Tobacco Factory activities and services for disadvantaged young people aged up to 25 years.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Tobacco Factory Arts Trust
£4,000 18/06/2018
As requested by the donor towards the work of the theatre.
Quartet Community Foundation - The Dan Hickey Access Fund
£2,500 27/02/2018
12
Toward a fund to be held within the Tobacco Factory to be used to improve access to Tobacco Factory activities and services for disadvantaged young people aged up to 25 years.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 28/11/2017
The Capital Redevelopment Project
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Tobacco Factory Arts Trust
£120,000 10/06/2015
36
Towards core costs during a transitional period to a new theatre producing model.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-70
  • ALISON ELIZABETH EYNON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Teacher
  • BERTEL KARLL MARTIN (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Finance And Operations Manager
  • EWEN MACGREGOR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor
  • JOSEPH BELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Digital Producer
  • LAURA MORA KNIGHT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Theatre Producer
  • MIKE FORREST Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Accountant
  • RICKY DAVID STONE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Insurance Engineer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/05/2003, number: 1097542
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/09/2002, number: 04536120
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 1 days late, AR12: 27 days late, AR06: 69 days late, AR05: 97 days late,
Main office

Tobacco Factory Arts Trust
The Tobacco Factory
Raleigh Road
BRISTOL
BS3 1TF

Objectives

THE COMPANY'S OBJECT IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS IN ALL OF THEIR FORMS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE THE CITY OF BRISTOL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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