Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

THE DOT COLLECTIVE

The Activities advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of the performing arts, including the provision of theatrical workshops, public events and performances, particularly for the benefit of elderly people living in care and with dementia. Activities offer cognitive stimulation to beneficiaries in care and raise awareness of dementia to the public at large.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

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
31/10/23£95£100£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/22£53£60£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/21£44£24£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/20£5£1£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/19£36£38£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/18£28£33£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/17£32£24£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years
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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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£62,000
National Lottery Community Fund£11,160
Sussex Community Foundation£8,000
London Catalyst£3,500
Haberdashers' Company£1,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Dot Collective
£3,000 17/11/2023
Funding was provided for production costs.
London Catalyst - The Dot Collective - 2
£1,500 14/11/2023
Professional theatre Christmas production for those living in care and with dementia
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Dot Collective
£44,000 22/08/2023
36
£44,000 over three further and final years (£12,000; £15,000; £17,000) towards theatre and arts-based reminiscence activities for older people living with dementia and adults with additional needs in London.
National Lottery Community Fund - Alice's Adventures in Aerialand - Theatre in care
£8,660 19/05/2023
The funding will be used to deliver an interactive and participatory theatre production tour and theatre workshops for older people living with dementia across care settings young people living with special educational needs and disabilities carers ....more
Haberdashers' Company - Accessible theatre production and creative workshops
£1,500 19/04/2023
To support those living with dementia, their carers and young people with PMLD
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Dot Collective aka First Draft Theatre
£5,000 11/03/2022
Funding was provided for two professional, dementia friendly theatre productions in care homes across Sussex, transforming living/dinning rooms and outside spaces.
National Lottery Community Fund - Looking for Alice
£2,500 03/10/2021
Funding will be used to provide face-to-face storytelling workshops for older people and children with complex needs. These will explore the impact of classical stories and fairytales with a focus on 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland'. ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Dot Collective
£18,000 30/09/2021
24
£18,000 over two years (2 x £9,000) towards the project costs of ‘A Map to You’ providing creative, reminiscence, storytelling activities and professional theatre to those living with dementia and their carers in Southwark and Lambeth.
London Catalyst - The Dot Collective - 1
£2,000 09/02/2021
A Map to You
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Dot Collective aka First Draft Theatre
£5,000 16/11/2018
9
Funding was provided to deliver two professional, dementia friendly theatre productions to care homes across Sussex.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANNE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2023
  • H J MAYFIELD (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Lawyer
  • NICOLA LESLEY NEWMAN Appointed: 2016
  • ROBERT CHARLES FITZGERALD HICKSON Appointed: 2016
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/10/2016, number: 1169951
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

60 COLEMAN ROAD
LONDON
SE5 7TG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS BY ANY MEANS ITS TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS, PUBLIC EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING IN CARE HOMES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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