Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 7

Support Score: 10

Poor Liquidity: -1
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Overall weighted support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 21

GOOD CHANCE THEATRE

We use the power of theatre to change lives and change minds. With displaced artists centre-stage, we bring people together through theatre and art to create surprising stories that spark new conversations and encourage action on complex urgent issues of our time; migration, climate crisis and polarisation. We have delivered 550 events globally and reached 1.1m audience members and participants.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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		£1,751	£1,755	£-4	£6	£419	£331	2.3	9	20
31/03/22		£1,902	£2,097	£-195	£36	£423	£366	2.1	8	10
31/03/21	*	£1,196	£1,078	£119	£1	£618	£417	4.6	7	10
31/03/20		£774	£738	£36	£7	£499	£324	5.3	6	100
31/03/19	*	£1,379	£950	£429	£18	£463	£416	5.3	5	100
31/03/18		£251	£254	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£363	£326	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 64%
Liabilities/Income: 43%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 79%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 9 years

http://goodchance.org.uk/

naomi@goodchance.org.uk

02079222922

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Barnsley, Belgium, Birmingham City, Coventry City, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kent, Manchester City, Mexico, Netherlands, Oxfordshire, Scotland, Sheffield City, Switzerland, Throughout London, Turkey, United States,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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

Comic Relief	£400,000
DCMS	£241,845
Esmee Fairbairn	£215,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£75,000
Rothschild Foundation	£50,000
The Foyle Foundation	£30,000
Pears Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Good Chance
£50,000	03/07/2023	AND THIS IS WHEN I WAKE is a major participatory public artwork in which young people bring the history of the Kindertransport to life and explore contemporary acts of welcome.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Good Chance
£5,000	13/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Good Chance
£60,000	29/07/2021 12	Towards project costs for a major new community-led production, The Walk, a travelling festival of art in support of refugees and the communities in which they are beginning new lives.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£75,000	25/06/2021	THE WALK (English leg)
Pears Foundation - Grant to Good Chance Theatre
£25,000	26/04/2021	Walk with Amal
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£30,000	11/02/2021	towards the educational aspects of the UK leg of THE WALK, a four-month travelling festival of art
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£16,200	02/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Good Chance
£150,000	26/08/2020 36	Towards Core costs to maintain a creative producer and contribute to one of the charity's core programmes.
DCMS - Good Chance 2021
£136,198	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Good Chance Apr-Jun 21
£89,447	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Comic Relief - Moving the Story On - Changing public attitudes to people on the move through participatory arts
£400,000	17/03/2020 36	Good Chance Theatre uses arts as a means of welcome and integration, empower refugee artists, strengthen communities and tell the human stories behind global migration. With this investment, it will develop a new production, The Walk, which involves ....more Good Chance Theatre uses arts as a means of welcome and integration, empower refugee artists, strengthen communities and tell the human stories behind global migration. With this investment, it will develop a new production, The Walk, which involves a 12-foot-high puppet representing a refugee child, Little Amal, to take the so-called Western Balkan route, starting in Syria and moving through Turkey, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, Austria, Germany, Italy, France and finally the UK. Along the way it will engage local communities, refugees and artists to come together. This will help break down barriers, connect communities and positively influence public attitudes towards people on the move
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - Good Chance Theatre
£25,000	21/03/2019	Support the research and development phase of a major international participatorty theatre project initiative, The Walk that aims to use theatre and art to connect people and cultures across international borders.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-69

ANIRUDH MATHUR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Lawyer

GEMMA WHITE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Barrister

JEFFREY CULPEPPER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Finance Advisor

MAJID AKHONDZADEH-DARJAZI MR Appointed: 2021

NATALIA KALIADA Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Artist

PHOEBE ELISABETH REITH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant

SONIA FRIEDMAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: None

STEPHEN DALDRY (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Theatre + Film Director

SUSAN WITHEROW Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Theatre Producer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/04/2016, number: 1166833
Registered at Companies House on 14/01/2016, number: 09952411

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR21: 276 days late, AR19: 35 days late,

Main office

RICH MIX CULTURAL FOUNDATION
35-47 BETHNAL GREEN ROAD
LONDON
E1 6LA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE AND SINGING, PARTICULARLY BY FACILITATING PARTICIPATION BY THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE). TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND CULTIVATE A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UN CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS AND WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ARTICLE 27) BY:(A) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS AND:(B) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

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