Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Future income +5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 15

COMPANY OF FRIENDS

COMPANY OF FRIENDS is a theatre company for adults with learning disabilities.Our activities include drama workshops, improvisation and scripted performance. We liaise with other theatre companies and organisations catering for adults with learning 0001

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Financial issues to consider:

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

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Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
05/04/23	£12	£4	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
06/04/22	£3	£4	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
06/04/21	£3	£2	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/20	£2	£2	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/19	£10	£5	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/18	£2	£4	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

companyoffriends.org.uk

admin@companyoffriends.org.uk

07425136082

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Art or music based therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Liverpool City,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Company of Friends
£8,280	01/02/2024	Towards project payments for 2 facilitators
National Lottery Community Fund - Independence through performance
£8,280	27/01/2023	The funding will be used to run drama based workshops for those within the community living with additional needs and mental health issues. This project aims to build better relationships and help the community achieve their potential sooner.
National Lottery Community Fund - Company B: 'Skilling Up'
£8,400	06/12/2018 12	The project aims to support participants to develop their confidence and drama-related skills as well as reduce social isolation. The funding will be used to offer adults with learning disabilities an opportunity to take part in confidence-building ....more The project aims to support participants to develop their confidence and drama-related skills as well as reduce social isolation. The funding will be used to offer adults with learning disabilities an opportunity to take part in confidence-building workshops based around drama. Money from the funding will go towards venue rental costs, a workshop leader and a project manager.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALAN WARDLE Appointed: 2017

PAUL LAFFERTY (Chair) Appointed: 2017

SHEILA RAND Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/04/2017, number: 1172644

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

54 NAVIGATION WHARF
LIVERPOOL
L3 4DN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN MERSEYSIDE WHO HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AS A RESULT OF THEIR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY:(3.1) THE PRACTISE AND PERFORMANCE OF THEATRE, ART, MUSIC AND MOVEMENT THERAPY,(3.2) PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING VISITS TO ART INSTITUTIONS,(3.3) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION,(3.4) PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, FORUMS AND GENERAL SUPPORT, AND PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES.

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