Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 10

Reasonable growth: +1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 20

THE YARD THEATRE LIMITED

For the public benefit to develop, promote and produce contemporary performance and theatre.To advance the education of the public in all aspects of the dramatic arts and the development of public appreciation of such art in London and elsewhere in the UK.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

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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		£1,720	£1,586	£135	£168	£998	£778	5.9	40	0
31/03/22		£1,464	£1,315	£150	£233	£747	£588	5.4	43	9
31/03/21		£1,495	£900	£594	£162	£899	£746	9.9	42	48
31/03/20		£1,312	£1,375	£-63	£320	£298	£199	1.7	37	40
31/03/19		£1,070	£1,030	£40	£280	£268	£142	1.7	35	48
31/03/18	*	£847	£849	£-2	£155	£187	£91	1.3	12	0
31/03/17?	*	£847	£800	£48	£137	£189	£76	1.1	10	0
31/12/15	*	£632	£568	£64	£115	£141	£99	2.1	8	0
31/12/14		£467	£409	£58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13?		£517	£509	£8	£205	£19	£19	0.4	6	0
30/06/12		£166	£155	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 78%
Reserves/Spending: 5.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6

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Established: 13 years

www.theyardtheatre.co.uk

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02031110570

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Recreation

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

40 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£1,392,196
Garfield Weston Foundation	£200,000
The Foyle Foundation	£175,000
Henry Smith Charity	£105,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£150,000	28/04/2023	towards creating a new permanent home for the theatre
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£150,000	03/06/2022	Securing the Future of The Yard Theatre
DCMS - Capital Investment Programme
£750,000	04/03/2022	The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, ....more The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, seize on technological opportunities, and reduce environmental impact.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£120,000	22/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
The Childhood Trust - Yardlings: Free Drama Workshops For Ages 4 - 14
£2,500	22/06/2021	A whole year of free drama workshops for 4 - 14-year-olds in Hackney Wick. With your help, 59 young people will take part in over 40 sessions each (129 total), all led by experienced facilitators, ....more A whole year of free drama workshops for 4 - 14-year-olds in Hackney Wick. With your help, 59 young people will take part in over 40 sessions each (129 total), all led by experienced facilitators, reaching those who might otherwise miss out, creating regular inspiring activities for future artists.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Yard
£105,000	18/03/2021 36	towards three years' running costs of the 'Yard Young Artists' project delivering free creative workshops and employment skills workshops for children and young people in Hackney Wick and Fish ....more towards three years' running costs of the 'Yard Young Artists' project delivering free creative workshops and employment skills workshops for children and young people in Hackney Wick and Fish Island, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham councils.
The Childhood Trust - Yard Young Artists: Online
£2,500	03/07/2020	Keep vulnerable, disadvantaged children and young people aged 4 - 18 in Hackney Wick inspired, healthy and happy during Covid-19 through weekly digital creative workshops and offline tasks, where ....more Keep vulnerable, disadvantaged children and young people aged 4 - 18 in Hackney Wick inspired, healthy and happy during Covid-19 through weekly digital creative workshops and offline tasks, where they collaborate, make and stay in touch with friends, and have trusted adults for support.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Yard Theatre Limited
£10,264	05/06/2020	£10,264 towards the remaining costs as outlined in your application.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000	23/04/2020	towards core funding to support the revised work of the theatre company and community programmes (including remote working during the virus lockdown) (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - The Yard Theatre
£152,760	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 ....more 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 access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - The Yard Theatre - Rebuild
£248,791	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - The Yard Theatre - Long term sustainability and vision
£120,645	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Childhood Trust - The Queen's Yard Company
£2,500	10/12/2019	Support 16 East London teenagers to create wild, original, professional theatre at The Yard through free workshops led by internationally-renowned artists all year round, telling vital stories and ....more Support 16 East London teenagers to create wild, original, professional theatre at The Yard through free workshops led by internationally-renowned artists all year round, telling vital stories and bringing residents together at performances that couldn?t happen anywhere else.
Wates Foundation - The Yard Theatre Ltd
£10,000	21/11/2019	Support for Hub67 and Yard XL’s activities and sustainable growth in Hackney Wick during the first half of 2020.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000	21/10/2019	Securing the future of The Yard Theatre
DCMS - The Yard Theatre
£150,000	01/04/2019	£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to The Yard Theatre Ltd
£20,000	12/02/2019 12	Yardlings, to support children and young people in Stratford to learn about theatre and the cultural industries
National Lottery Community Fund - Yard XL
£126,292	19/12/2018 48	The project will focus on increasing the amount of social, creative and health-and-wellbeing activities that are led by local residents' own ideas, passions and efforts. They will also include a ....more The project will focus on increasing the amount of social, creative and health-and-wellbeing activities that are led by local residents' own ideas, passions and efforts. They will also include a leadership programme for young people and after school clubs.
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£3,000	04/12/2018	Every child deserves space to dream big through play, creativity, and the power of theatre. Help us give this gift to hundreds of children and their families in Hackney Wick this Christmas by ....more Every child deserves space to dream big through play, creativity, and the power of theatre. Help us give this gift to hundreds of children and their families in Hackney Wick this Christmas by supporting a year of creativity at Hub67, our local community centre.
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards costs of a programme working with new writers and regional theatres
£90,000	29/11/2018 36	Towards the costs of a new writers programme in partnership with theatres outside London
DCMS - The Yard Theatre
£150,000	01/04/2018	The Yard Theatre
DCMS - The Yard Theatre
£37,500	01/04/2018	To support The Yard Theatre
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	02/10/2017	Proposal for The Company at The Yard

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-74

BRITANNIA MORTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Board Member

SIEWYEN CHONG Appointed: 2017

ELAINE BEDELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Board Member

FANNY GUESDON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Board Member

JESSICA LOVELESS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Board Member

MANNY HOTHI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Board Member

ADRIANNA MART Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Finance

BEN ROGERS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Charity Director

CAROLYN JANE WARD Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Farmer

HARRY HANDELSMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Board Member, Other trusteeship: THE CORPORATION OF THE HALL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES,

NICHOLAS JOHN FREDERICK HUNTER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Project Manager

NARESH RAMCHANDANI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Writer, Other trusteeships: INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH, GREEN THING TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/09/2011, number: 1144028
Registered at Companies House on 09/06/2011, number: 07664276

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR15: 1 days late,

Main office

Unit 2a Queen's Yard
London
E9 5EN

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO DEVELOP, PROMOTE, AND PRODUCE CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE AND THEATRE.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE DRAMATIC ARTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UK.

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