Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

TRANSFORM THEATRE PROJECTS

Presenting festivals of performance from Leeds and internationally, whilst concocting projects with bold artists all year round, Transform presents theatre works everywhere from arts venues across Leeds, to city sites and outdoor spaces. Celebrating the independent and adventurous spirit of Leeds, we want to reflect the socially conscious and radical North, whilst connecting to the world.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£308£289£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£416£367£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21?*£95£61£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20£185£114£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£343£351£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18£108£79£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£222£220£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£71£72£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

transformfestival.org

info@transformfestival.org

0113 300 3383

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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
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Throughout England And Wales, United Arab Emirates, United States,
Who it helps
  • 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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£258,333
Esmee Fairbairn£112,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
The Foyle Foundation£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Fenton Arts Trust£3,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - TOP SECRETS - Transform & Leeds 2023
£10,000 06/04/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a series of performance workshops for young people from marginalised backgrounds to create a performance that will take place at a festival in Leeds plus digitally through a documentary film of the process. The ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Transform Theatre Projects
£7,000 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Collective at Transform Festival
£8,333 18/01/2023
Transform creates biennial festivals and citywide cultural takeovers from their base in Leeds city centre. This grant supports a three-year programme through which Transform will embed co-creation with young people into their organisational model ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Transform Theatre Projects
£105,000 31/08/2021
36
Towards project costs for a 3-year programme supporting diverse creatives in the Leeds City Region and wider North to develop as artists and change-makers.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 09/07/2021
The Collective
Fenton Arts Trust - Grant to Transform
£3,400 11/03/2021
Next Wave' - commissioning fees and professional development for early career Northern artists, adapting to new models of performance.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Collective
£250,000 08/03/2021
Transform create biennial festivals and citywide cultural takeovers. This grant supports a three-year programme through which Transform will embed co-creation with young people into its organisational model and across its biennial festivals in 2021 ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000 11/02/2021
towards delivery of a six-month programme of artistic development (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Fenton Arts Trust - Grant to Transform
£2,900 01/11/2018
Commission fee and associated mentoring costs for emerging artists 70/30 Split to perform as part of Transform 19.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - FUTURE RADICALS
£60,000 14/05/2018
15
Transform is a producing company based in Leeds. Its programme includes large-scale participation projects made in collaboration with a range of individuals and communities, and its biennial festival presents work that spans performance, live and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-51
  • JANE BHOYROO (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Producer
  • NADINE MARIELLE PATEL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Creative Consultant
  • NICHOLAS MARK DYSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor
  • TONI DEE PAUL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Artist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/07/2015, number: 1162870
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/07/2015, number: 09676458
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR21: 133 days late,
Main office

TRANSFORM THEATRE PROJECTS
C/O LEEDS PLAYHOUSE
PLAYHOUSE SQUARE
QUARRY HILL
LS2 7UP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THEATRE, PERFORMANCE, DANCE, VISUAL, MEDIA, MUSIC AND OTHER ARTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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