Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Static board: -3
All female board: -3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 1

DRAMA EXPRESS

Opportunities for children and young people with complex disabilities to access and participate in a regular programme of drama based activities.Empowers to develop skills in the performing arts creating a greater trust in others and oneself, enhance social skills, better body and voice awareness and the promotion of imagination, play and creativityDelivers frequent productions within community

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why is the Board completely female?
The Board composition appears to be rather static

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/24	£44	£45	£-1	n/a
31/03/23	£39	£35	£3	n/a
31/03/22	£32	£40	£-8	n/a
31/03/21	£63	£14	£49	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.drama-express.org

DRAMAEXPRESS11@YAHOO.COM

07724930744

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Cornwall, Devon, Isles Of Scilly,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£4,550
Cornwall Community Foundation	£4,500
True Colours Trust	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cornwall Community Foundation - Drama Express Specialist Workshops and Showcase Events
£4,500	30/01/2023	Drama Express enables young people with complex disabilities to engage in performing arts, fostering peer friendships and combatting isolation, while promoting positive mental health and offering diverse skill-building opportunities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Drama Express Specialist Workshop Programme
£2,650	06/01/2023	The funding will be used to enable the organisation to continue their work with young people with learning and physical disabilities in the arts and theatre sector. The project aims to create an environment were young people can build strong bonds ....more The funding will be used to enable the organisation to continue their work with young people with learning and physical disabilities in the arts and theatre sector. The project aims to create an environment were young people can build strong bonds as well as learning new skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Drama Express Specialist Workshop Programme
£1,900	19/08/2021	the funding will support a programme of specialist workshops in creative arts that will benefit young people with additional support needs who are isolated through the high level of support required to meet the complexity of their social emotional ....more the funding will support a programme of specialist workshops in creative arts that will benefit young people with additional support needs who are isolated through the high level of support required to meet the complexity of their social emotional and physical needs. The activities will be designed to ensure these needs are met so no young people in the group feel isolated or excluded from social opportunities.
True Colours Trust - Drama workshops for disabled children about their experiences of Covid-19
£3,000	09/03/2021	Drama workshops for disabled children about their experiences of Covid-19
True Colours Trust - Pantomime programme for disabled children and 2019 core costs
£5,000	11/01/2019	Pantomime programme for disabled children and 2019 core costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

KAREN BRYAN Appointed: 2019

MARIA CLIFTEN DAY (Chair) Appointed: 2019

VANESSA CARPENTER Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/02/2020, number: 1188250

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
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

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

17 Chapel Terrace
HAYLE
TR27 4AB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

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