Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Overall weighted support: +9
    Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

    OMNIBUS - CLAPHAM

    To promote arts, craft, literature and other cultural and creative activities for the benefit of the public by the establishment and maintenance of an arts and culture resources centre. To provide and maintain a community resource centre and facility for the use of residents, workers and visitors of Clapham, Lambeth and the surrounding areas.
    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
    • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

    Financial issues to consider:

    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
    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£651£675£-24£0£459£1332.41515
    31/03/22£621£636£-15£58£514£1843.5745
    31/03/21?£919£736£183£50£530£1191.9723
    30/09/19£663£545£118£0£347£2916.41010
    30/09/18£510£462£48£0£228£1614.2750
    30/09/17£411£421£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/09/16£388£386£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/09/15£328£360£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/09/14£309£193£116n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/09/13£95£63£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    30/09/12£91£17£74n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 29%
    Liabilities/Income: 29%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 29%
    Reserves/Spending: 2.4 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.7
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 13 years

    omnibus-clapham.org

    bkalloushi@gmail.com

    02076224105

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Other facilities management and maintenance
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Lambeth,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • 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£258,549
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£107,472
    The Foyle Foundation£20,000
    The Funding Network£13,127
    The London Community Foundation£12,783
    National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Foyle Foundation - Arts
    £20,000 18/09/2023
    towards the theatre's flagship artists development programme, Engine Room and to launch Moongate as the Company in residence
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Omnibus-Clapham
    £99,938 04/09/2023
    COMPOSITOR E
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Omnibus-Clapham
    £7,534 07/09/2022
    DRUM Story Circle
    National Lottery Community Fund - Routes/Story Circle
    £10,000 25/02/2022
    The funding will be used to run two community projects a holiday theatre programme for children and a storytelling exercise programme for older people. The project aims to provide disadvantaged ....more
    The London Community Foundation - Grant to Omnibus-Clapham
    £4,860 24/02/2021
    4
    Story Circle participatory storytelling project engaging adults experiencing significantly compromised mental health and wellbeing as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. Local people aged 60+ will ....more
    The EQ Foundation - Grant to Omnibus Clapham
    £1,500 15/12/2020
    Via the Funding Network
    The Funding Network - Participation Programme: Routes, Kitchen Table, Story Circle
    £13,127 01/12/2020
    Omnibus seeks support for its participation programme; a series of projects engaging marginalised adults and young people, tackling issues such as food insecurity, social isolation and community ....more
    CAF - Grant to Omnibus - Clapham
    £3,900 28/07/2020
    3
    Grant to Omnibus - Clapham to support the organisation through COVID19
    The London Community Foundation - Grant to Omnibus - Clapham
    £7,923 10/07/2020
    The survival/adaptation of Omnibus’ participation programme. Six weeks of activity including: - Tripling Routes output, - Kitchen Table - pilot project tackling social isolation in adults, - ....more
    DCMS - Omnibus Theatre Culture Recovery Grant Application
    £172,549 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund - Round 2
    £86,000 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Omnibus-Clapham
    £6,000 29/03/2019
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (9)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 40-84
    • COLLEEN LORRAINE HARRIS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Pr Consultant
    • DIANA WHITEHEAD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Pr & Marketing Consultant
    • FIONA MARGARET MACTAGGART (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant
    • GEORGE OWEN MBE, Occupation: Opera Singer
    • GENEVIEVE GILBERT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Owner Of Cookery School
    • GEORGES CHALFOUN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Barrister
    • LINDA ANN BRAY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Councillor
    • MICHAEL DYNAN-OAKLEY Appointed: 2023
    • SIMON MARK MILLSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/09/2011, number: 1143709
    • Registered at Companies House on 28/09/2009, number: 07032543
    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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    11 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Omnibus
    1 Clapham Common North Side
    LONDON
    SW4 0QW

    Objectives

    (A)TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF CLAPHAM, LAMBETH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY ASSOCIATING AND COLLABORATING WITH THE SAID RESIDENTS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS, IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OFIMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE AREA;(B)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS;(C)TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    LOCAL

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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