Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

DRUNKEN CHORUS

Drunken Chorus is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, established to:Promote, for public benefit, the advancement in, creation of & engagement in the arts: -Primarily in (not limited to) London; -Particularly in (not limited to) the fields of theatre, dance & cabaret; -Including specific provision for young people, deaf and disabled artists / audiences
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£116£93£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£58£66£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/21£33£18£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/20£44£37£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/19£22£22£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/18£17£17£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/17£9£9£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/16*£16£16£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

http://www.drunkenchorus.co.uk

info@drunkenchorus.co.uk

02032869532

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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
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
City Bridge Trust£28,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
The Foyle Foundation£11,000
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£1,900
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£6,000 29/11/2022
towards core costs over the next 12 months
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000 26/08/2022
24
Three-year core / development grant
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Drunken Chorus
£1,900 03/12/2021
IT, comms and audio equipment for workshops, performances and events.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 08/07/2021
towards core costs during the yearend March 2022
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Drunken Chorus
£5,000 02/06/2021
Towards project costs providing young/emerging disabled artists with a bursary to develop and perform live at the A Bit of A Do Festival at Stanley Arts in South London in October 2021.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Drunken Chorus
£28,000 27/05/2021
36
£28,000 over three years (£10,000; £9,500; £8,500) towards core costs to increase and develop creative activities programme and annual festival for disabled Londoners.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 23/04/2021
Core funding to support year 1 of 3 year strategy for company growth and increasing impact.
National Lottery Community Fund - A Bit Of A Do 2019
£9,440 25/01/2019
12
The project will deliver a community festival of inclusive arts that is designed to celebrate diversity and empower people with disabilities. The aim is to bring people together.
National Lottery Community Fund - COLLABORATE: A new disability arts programme with Drunken Chorus
£6,846 07/06/2017
12
This project will use funding to deliver a creative arts performance and mini festival for disabled people. This event will be aimed at helping people to improve their self-esteem and life skills.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CATHY NADEN (Chair) Appointed: 2015
  • DAN FARRELL Appointed: 2015
  • NICKY MARGARET SELWYN Appointed: 2017
  • STEPHEN JOHN COLTRANE Appointed: 2015
  • SHEILA ELLIOTT Appointed: 2022
  • VICTORIA JANE BROUGH REAM Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/05/2015, number: 1161841
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
  • 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
8 returns made; AR16: 2 days late,
Main office

Turf Projects
46-47 Whitgift Centre
CROYDON
CR0 1UQ

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS:- PRIMARILY IN (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) LONDON (INCLUDING THE OUTER BOROUGHS);- PARTICULARLY IN (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE FIELDS OF THEATRE, LIVE ART AND FILM;- INCLUDING SPECIFIC PROVISION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND OTHER GROUPS (PARTICULARLY IN THE OUTER BOROUGHS) WHO MAY HAVE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING ARTS ACTIVITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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