Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 11
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

BELGRADE THEATRE TRUST (COVENTRY) LIMITED 

The Belgrade Theatre is the major arts and cultural facility in Coventry and the only building-based professional producing theatre company in the city. Under Hamish Glen as Artistic Director the Belgrade seeks to restore its reputation as a high quality producing house and to present a broad spectrum of excellent work that will appeal to a wide range of audiences. The Belgrade is highly respected
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 61 years
(66 years as a company)

http://www.belgrade.co.uk

admin@belgrade.co.uk

02476846720

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£6,222£7,223£-1,001£1,161£15,314£2,994511812
31/03/22£7,603£6,088£1,516£998£16,315£2,9955.910712
31/03/21£6,431£3,527£2,904£463£14,799£2,5658.76330
31/03/20£7,120£6,467£653£1,030£11,895£2409159
31/03/19£6,237£6,840£-603£1,211£11,243£2,2493.99657
31/03/18£5,758£6,112£-354£1,071£11,846£2,2804.5740
31/03/17£6,018£6,365£-347£1,044£12,200£2,3324.4830
31/03/16£5,996£5,985£12£687£12,547£2,3774.8780
31/03/15£5,042£5,285£-244£727£12,535£2,0734.7720
31/03/14£5,199£5,368£-169£577£12,778£2,0074.5710
31/03/13£4,944£5,242£-298£389£12,948£1,8664.3720
31/03/12£4,456£4,655£-199£248£13,245£1,7904.6670
31/03/11£4,635£4,810£-175£237£13,445£1,6214690
31/03/10£5,090£4,948£142£262£13,620£1,4463.5590
31/03/09*£4,680£4,472£208£268£13,478£1,2723.4590
31/03/08£6,704£4,088£2,615£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£6,245£2,234£4,011£66£10,655£1,2926.9340
31/03/06£7,015£3,994£3,022£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£5,358£3,928£1,430£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£6,177£5,323£855£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 23.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 20%
Reserves/Spending: 5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Who works here?
  • 118 employees
  • 12 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Coventry City,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£3,386,866
Garfield Weston Foundation£610,000
The Foyle Foundation£150,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£146,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Jag's participation and talent development programmes
£146,000 29/11/2021
18
The Belgrade Theatre is a regional producing theatre with a strong record of participation, community, education and talent development activity. This grant supports the organisation through a key ....more
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Belgrade Theatre
£50,000 10/06/2021
New performance and education venue
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£510,000 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
DCMS - 2018/2022
£959,552 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more
DCMS - Belgrade Theatre Recovery Fund - Grants Programme
£999,999 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund 2
£485,100 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£150,000 28/11/2019
towards redeveloping the building to improve facilities, increase sustainability and engagement prior to the City of Culture in 2021
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 22/05/2019
2020 Redevelopment Project
DCMS - 2018/2022
£942,215 01/04/2019
£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Belgrade Theatre Trust (Coventry) Ltd
£90,680 29/08/2018
12
Towards the continuation of the Arts Gymnasium programme which engages older people and those with dementia in creative activity.
DCMS - 2018/2022
£942,215 01/04/2018
To promote Arts & Culture throughout the UK
DCMS - 2018/2022
£235,554 01/04/2018
To support 2018/2022
National Lottery Community Fund - Living Well
£9,706 22/03/2017
12
The funding will be used to deliver performing arts and mentoring activities for older people with mental health problems. This will use the arts as a vehicle to enable older people to engage with ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Belgrade Theatre Trust (Coventry) Ltd
£5,130 21/03/2017
12
Towards Core costs Towards the rebuilding of relationships with local strategic bodies to help ensure the financial future of the Arts Gymnasium project.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Belgrade Theatre Trust (Coventry) Ltd
£150,000 01/04/2015
36
Towards the continuation of the Arts Gymnasium social engagement project, specifically focusing the work on isolated older people and people with dementia.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Belgrade Theatre Trust (Coventry) Ltd
£91,163 15/06/2011
Towards Art Gymnasium a drama based learning programme that aims to explicitly demonstrate the links between creativity and improved health.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Arts Gymnasium
£10,000 05/05/2011
12
This is a project by a community organisation in Coventry, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to run an arts and performance programme that will be used to explore different topics that ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (16)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-77
  • COLIN BELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Freelance Producer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/08/1963, number: 219163
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/11/1957, number: 00593331
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
20 returns made; AR09: 103 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

BELGRADE THEATRE
CORPORATION STREET
COVENTRY
CV1 1GS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFORE PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

Data Sources

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