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Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

HEADLONG THEATRE LIMITED

Headlong Theatre is one of the United Kingdom's leading touring theatre companies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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£1,151£1,299£-148£14£546£546580
31/03/22£893£893£0£16£693£5517.490
31/03/21£1,094£1,010£84£8£694£5746.8120
31/03/20£1,389£1,437£-48£16£610£4233.5110
31/03/19£1,339£1,281£58£8£658£5234.9111
31/03/18£1,571£1,431£140£12£600£5594.780
31/03/17£1,602£1,592£10£0£461£4613.590
31/03/16£1,390£1,325£64£0£451£4514.180
31/03/15£1,452£1,518£-66£13£387£3873.160
31/03/14£1,509£1,496£13£7£452£4523.670
31/03/13£889£679£210£6£439£4397.870
31/03/12£1,198£1,580£-381£1,580£229£2291.760
31/03/11£1,824£1,603£222£8£610£6104.680
31/03/10£1,119£933£186£8£389£389560
31/03/09*£1,223£1,090£133£7£203£2032.250
31/03/08£1,138£967£170£5£70£700.950
31/03/07*£977£931£47£6£-100£-100-1.340
31/03/06£1,100£1,178£-78n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£896£877£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£949£1,036£-87n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 40%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 50 years

www.headlong.co.uk

info@headlong.co.uk

020 7633 2090

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs
£120,000 28/03/2024
36
Towards core costs to support the development, production and touring of theatrical works
John Ellerman Foundation - Commissioning costs
£60,000 28/11/2019
36
Commissioning costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 24/01/2018
Headlong Futures
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Headlong Theatre Limited
£94,000 11/10/2017
24
Towards Headlong Futures, an outreach programme that engages diverse groups around the country, working with four partner organisations to create new theatrical work that aims to bring communities together.
Esmee Fairbairn - Social investment Headlong Theatre Limited
£52,500 07/04/2016
12
An investment in the transfer of This House to the West End as part of the arts transfer facility
Esmee Fairbairn - Social investment Headlong Theatre Limited
£35,000 15/12/2015
12
An investment in the transfer of People, Places and Things to the West End, as part of the arts transfer facility.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 25-62
  • ANNA CORNELIUS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Communications & Marketing Manager
  • CLAIRE HELEN HEANEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Deputy Director Of Development
  • JACQUELINE MARY HURT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Lawyer
  • JULIA HEAD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Theatre Director
  • KATHERINE DICKENS (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Executive Director
  • LESLEY WAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Barrister
  • LAURA ABIGAIL LAMBLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Producer & General Manager
  • LUCINDA HARVEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Hr Consultant
  • PATRICK DILLON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Sustainability Consultant & Architect
  • PRIME ISAAC Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Theatre Director
  • SARAH LOUISE ELLIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director Of Digital Development
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/08/1974, number: 267965
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/05/1974, number: 01171757
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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR09: 19 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 24 days late,
Main office

Oxford Playhouse
11-12, Beaumont St.
Oxford
OX1 2LW

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, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING AND TO FORMULATE PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES, THEREFORE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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