Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

THE LITTLE ANGEL THEATRE

Puppet theatre for all ages, particularly children. One of only 3 permanent puppet theatres in the UK, Little Angel also runs an expanding education and participation programme, working with schools, communities and individuals to inspire creativity using puppetry. Little Angel also supports the rare artform of puppetry through R&D and professional development opportunities for puppeteers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£1,565£1,664£-99£88£1,835£1,83513.22415
31/03/22£1,204£1,555£-352£84£1,933£1,93314.9220
31/03/21£1,479£886£593£74£2,215£1,89325.6200
31/03/20£1,573£1,637£-64£119£1,542£1,54211.31654
31/03/19£1,306£1,424£-118£83£1,606£1,60613.52051
31/03/18£1,278£1,302£-24£152£1,674£1,67215.4200
31/03/17£1,153£1,129£25£70£1,522£1,41715.1150
31/03/16£1,030£1,004£26£37£1,497£1001.2120
31/03/15£926£923£3£38£411£941.290
31/03/14£891£888£2£15£398£911.2110
31/03/13*£809£822£-13£15£409£891.3110
31/03/12£707£677£30£14£436£921.690
31/03/11£662£658£4£13£419£781.480
31/03/10£596£575£21£13£295£731.580
31/03/09£481£472£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£584£580£4£22£265£2655.550
31/03/07*£586£596£-10£21£261£2615.380
31/03/06£434£461£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£476£448£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£393£395£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 23%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 13.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 61 years

www.littleangeltheatre.com

info@littleangeltheatre.com

02037805980

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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
John Ellerman Foundation£365,986
Garfield Weston Foundation£281,662
DCMS£71,379
City Bridge Trust£30,528
The Foyle Foundation£25,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£20,000
Cripplegate Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Ellerman Foundation - CFO Salary and Learning and Evaluation
£75,000 25/07/2024
36
Towards infrastructure support to enable growth within the organisation.
John Ellerman Foundation - Global Majority Collections Development - Senior Curator salary, management and admin, recruitment, training, mentoring, sharing of learning across the sector.
£97,040 30/05/2024
24
Towards core costs including the salary and support costs of a Senior Curator of Global Majority collections
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Little Angel Theatre
£1,100 18/04/2024
£1,100 for access audits of Little Angel Theatre?s two buildings, Little Angel Theatre and Little Angel Studios.
John Ellerman Foundation - Core funding to deliver strategy for healthier ecosystems, land and freshwater in National Parks in England and Wales.
£95,000 28/03/2024
36
Towards core costs to deliver their strategy for healthier ecosystems, land and freshwater in National Parks in England and Wales
John Ellerman Foundation - New core role of Commercial Touring Producer to enable us to make a step-change and create and tour mid/large-scale work.
£98,946 25/01/2024
36
Towards the salary of a Commercial Touring Producer
The Childhood Trust - Little Angel Theatre?s Schools Partnership
£2,500 20/06/2023
LAT believes live puppetry performance has the power to be transformative. Puppetry is a powerful tool for learning, proven to raise literacy levels, communication skills & confidence. We work with 8 schools in Islington to enhance learning ....more
Fenton Arts Trust - Beneficiaries 2022 – 2023
£5,000 31/03/2023
Support two (now one - Ash) Puppetry Interns on a year long placement, to diversify this niche art form and upskill two emerging Puppetry makers.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 11/11/2022
Let's Get Digital
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Little Angel Theatre (LAT)
£1,768 22/10/2022
Our project will provide free tickets to disadvantaged local children, enabling all children in our community to have access to inspiring live theatre and creative activities.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Little Angel Theatre
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - Little Angel Theatre - Community Engagement Programme
£9,726 15/08/2022
The funding will be used to run a dedicated community outreach programme to support people from deprived communities to run weekly 'crafternoon' sessions for local families and family fun days over a 12 month period. This will breakdown access to ....more
The Childhood Trust - C-59271
£1,500 28/06/2022
Puppetry and live performance have the ability to be transformative. We feel passionately that everyone deserves to have access to these benefits, so we offer free tickets through our Puppets-for-All scheme. The scheme is available to families who ....more
The Childhood Trust - Puppets for All
£3,500 12/06/2022
Help us to ensure that Little Angel Theatre can continue to ignite the imaginations of the youngest minds. We believe that everyone should have access to theatre and through our PFA scheme we will offer schools the opportunity to bring pupils to ....more
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£71,379 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a ....more
The Childhood Trust - 60 for 60
£1,500 22/06/2021
This year marks Little Angel Theatre's 60th anniversary and we are planning an exciting year of celebration. When our doors reopen this summer we want to bring as many children back into the building as possible especially at a time when so many ....more
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Little Angel Theatre
£5,000 29/04/2021
100% running costs of a community arts project and associated workshops: six magical trees will pop-up in targeted locations across Islington and residents will make puppets to populate the trees with their wishes for the future of Islington.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000 28/04/2021
towards core costs over the next twelve months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Community Fund - Solace Women’s Aid Sock Puppet Making Project
£4,852 16/04/2021
The funding will be used to deliver puppet making workshops for female survivors of domestic violence and their children. The project aims to build strong relationships aid recovery and improve wellbeing.
Fenton Arts Trust - Grant to Little Angel Theatre
£5,000 11/03/2021
Supporting two Puppetry Internships for a 6 month extension, to diversify this niche art form and upskill two emerging Puppetry Makers.
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£251,662 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 14/10/2020
3
The Little Angel Theatre is dedicated to creating and sharing stories through puppetry. They deliver a local programme of arts engagement in Islington, London, and tour productions throughout the UK and worldwide. This grant provides support to aid ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Little Angel Theatre
£29,428 11/06/2020
£29,428 towards remaining costs of the project as outlined in your application
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To The Little Angel Theatre
£20,000 22/05/2020
Community Programme
Nesta - AC01122
£13,461 06/05/2020
0
COVID19 Emergency Fund programme grant to Little Angel Theatre Grant Ref AC01122
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Little Angel Theatre
£6,075 15/11/2019
We want to provide free theatre tickets and workshop places to local disadvantaged children.
Nesta - AC00883
£13,000 21/03/2019
12
Amplified programme grant to Little Angel Theatre Grant Ref AC00883
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£3,450 04/12/2018
Little Angel Theatre’s Puppets for All scheme provides free tickets to disadvantaged children and families so that they can experience the joy of theatre. We believe nobody should miss out on theatre or creative arts projects due to social or ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Little Angel Theatre
£29,398 22/11/2018
36
Puppetry show and workshops for young people in hospital. Young people will feel empowered by understanding the next step of their care, explore their emotions in a safe and fun way, and be better able to cope with the transition to adult services. ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Puppet Power
£59,000 14/11/2018
12
Little Angel Theatre plans to explore and test an arts/puppetry based approach to helping schools deliver their strategic aims. Artist practitioners will work collaboratively with teachers in four Islington schools, using puppetry, visual arts, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Puppets For All
£5,550 13/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of puppet making activities that will culminate in a showcase event. The project aims to improve the wellbeing for female survivors of domestic abuse and their children.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Little Angel Theatre
£5,760 29/11/2017
We want to provide free show tickets and workshop places to local disadvantaged children.
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs specifically salary costs of Development Officer
£64,104 30/03/2017
36
Towards the salary of a new Development Officer to give the leadership team more capacity to build on the theatre's strategy and vision
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Little Angel Theatre
£50,000 08/12/2016
Studio refurbishment
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Little Angel Theatre
£55,225 09/05/2012
Towards the Firsts Festival, which gives new and emerging companies the opportunity to present their work at Little Angel Theatre.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Little Angel Theatre
£54,000 10/09/2008
36
Towards Project costs Towards a professional training and development programme for puppeteers and puppet-makers.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

  • BONNIE ROYAL Appointed: 2023
  • CHRISTOPHER LOWRY Appointed: 2014
  • GREGORY JAMES GRAY Appointed: 2023
  • JAYDA ZAHEDA KHATUN Appointed: 2023
  • LINDA JOAN STANFIELD Appointed: 2019
  • LYDIA MARY COTTON (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • MATTHEW NICHOLAS PARRITT Appointed: 2023
  • MONIQUE ANN MARIE JOHNSON Appointed: 2023
  • SARAH ELIZABETH WRIGHT Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/03/1964, number: 232488
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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; AR13: 1 days late, AR07: 21 days late,
Main office

LITTLE ANGEL THEATRE
14 DAGMAR PASSAGE
LONDON
N1 2DN

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

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360 Giving

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