Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

THEATRE FOR A CHANGE LIMITED 

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE HEALTH AND EDUCATION OF MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES IN THE UK AND ABROAD BY THE USE OF PERFORMING ARTS.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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
31/03/23£879£906£-27£14£411£152230
31/03/22£1,067£900£168£12£438£1121.530
31/03/21£874£748£126£12£270£1061.730
31/03/20£709£843£-134£35£144£931.331
31/03/19£716£678£38£39£279£651.141
31/03/18£410£804£-394£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£1,281£1,282£-1£23£634£650.630
31/03/16£1,264£1,156£107£45£635£640.740
31/03/15£1,583£1,238£344£52£528£410.430
31/03/14£830£730£100£55£183£340.620
31/03/13£313£332£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£490£446£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11?£424£434£-9£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£186£204£-18£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£131£134£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£137£62£74£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£51£40£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05*£14£11£4£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 30%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 37%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 20 years

www.tfacafrica.com

fiona.morrell@tfacafrica.com

02036331382

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Ghana, Malawi,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 3 employees

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
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Theatre for a Change
£15,000 27/02/2020
Mobile Health Clinic project to provide sexual and reproductive health services to 500 marginalised girls in Lilongwe, Malawi

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-67
  • KAY CHASTON (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Corporate Property Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/06/2004, number: 1104458
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/09/2003, number: 04913606
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR05: 197 days late,
Main office

40 Bowling Green Lane
LONDON
EC1R 0NE

Objectives

1. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN AFRICA USING THE ARTS AS A MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC; AND 2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DECIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN AFRICA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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