Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted 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

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£1,720£1,586£135£168£998£7785.9400
31/03/22£1,464£1,315£150£233£747£5885.4439
31/03/21£1,495£900£594£162£899£7469.94248
31/03/20£1,312£1,375£-63£320£298£1991.73740
31/03/19£1,070£1,030£40£280£268£1421.73548
31/03/18*£847£849£-2£155£187£911.3120
31/03/17?*£847£800£48£137£189£761.1100
31/12/15*£632£568£64£115£141£992.180
31/12/14£467£409£58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13?£517£509£8£205£19£190.460
30/06/12£166£155£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 13 years

www.theyardtheatre.co.uk

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UN SDGs
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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 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£1,392,196
The Foyle Foundation£175,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£150,000
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, seize on technological opportunities, and reduce ....more
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 funding in order to be able to operate on a ....more
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, reaching those who might otherwise miss out, ....more
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 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 they collaborate, make and stay in touch with ....more
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 the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has ....more
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 bringing residents together at performances that ....more
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 leadership programme for young people and after school ....more
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 supporting a year of creativity at Hub67, our local ....more
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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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-75
  • ADRIANNA MART Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Finance
  • BEN ROGERS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Charity Director
  • BRITANNIA MORTON Appointed: 2022
  • CAROLYN JANE WARD Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Farmer
  • ELAINE BEDELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Board Member
  • FANNY GUESDON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Board Member
  • HARRY HANDELSMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Board Member
  • JESSICA LOVELESS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Board Member
  • MANNY HOTHI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Board Member
  • NARESH RAMCHANDANI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Writer
  • NICHOLAS JOHN FREDERICK HUNTER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Project Manager
  • SIEWYEN CHONG Appointed: 2017
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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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