Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 9

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 17

DONMAR WAREHOUSE PROJECTS LIMITED

The objects of the charity are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education particularly by theencouragement of the Arts including the arts of drama, ballet, music, singing, literature, sculpture and painting. Thecompany meets these through continuing to produce and present theatrical productions at the Donmar WarehouseTheatre.

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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end but spending has been increasing rapidly

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		£8,619	£8,304	£315	£838	£14,078	£13,963	20.2	64	0
31/03/22		£5,995	£5,784	£210	£543	£13,763	£13,608	28.2	52	0
31/03/21		£5,979	£3,293	£2,686	£1,268	£13,553	£12,764	46.5	38	0
31/03/20		£6,414	£6,603	£-189	£533	£10,867	£10,421	18.9	41	0
31/03/19		£6,447	£6,497	£-50	£581	£11,209	£11,001	20.3	41	0
31/03/18	*	£6,710	£6,344	£366	£637	£11,497	£11,433	21.6	39	0
31/03/17	*	£8,175	£7,832	£343	£622	£10,784	£10,717	16.4	39	0
31/03/16		£6,592	£5,792	£800	£545	£10,109	£10,076	20.9	31	0
31/03/15		£6,018	£5,835	£183	£506	£8,859	£8,726	17.9	29	0
31/03/14		£6,419	£4,987	£1,432	£433	£8,676	£8,788	21.1	23	0
31/03/13		£5,785	£5,013	£772	£363	£7,245	£6,037	14.4	21	0
31/03/12		£6,105	£5,394	£711	£369	£6,473	£5,830	13	20	0
31/03/11	*	£5,476	£5,722	£-246	£329	£5,762	£5,606	11.8	16	0
31/03/10		£7,416	£6,383	£1,033	£385	£6,075	£5,922	11.1	16	0
31/03/09		£7,886	£6,919	£967	£369	£5,076	£4,947	8.6	23	0
31/03/08		£3,995	£3,714	£281	£326	£4,066	£3,961	12.8	31	0
31/03/07		£3,975	£3,226	£749	£320	£3,785	£3,625	13.5	14	0
31/03/06	*	£3,306	£2,916	£390	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£3,183	£2,830	£353	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£2,774	£2,488	£286	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 30%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 20.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 43 years

www.donmarwarehouse.com

rroussel-tyson@donmarwarehouse.com

020 7240 4882

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Camden, City Of Westminster, Islington, United States,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£1,380,079
Backstage Trust	£290,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£250,000
The Foyle Foundation	£100,000
John Lyon's Charity	£94,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£10,000	12/12/2023 12	Core funding
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Donmar Warehouse Projects Ltd
£4,000	02/02/2023	Cost-of-Living Uplift
Backstage Trust - Core grant
£170,000	12/01/2023	Core funding
Backstage Trust - Core grant
£120,000	05/10/2022	Funds to cover understudies for three productions
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£10,000	28/04/2022	Core funding
Esmee Fairbairn - Social investment Donmar Warehouse Projects Ltd
£45,000	20/04/2021	Towards production costs of theatre transfer
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£150,000	12/02/2021	Capital Refurbishment Project
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£100,000	24/11/2020	towards the Donmar Warehouse’s essential capital works (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Donmar Warehouse Projects Ltd
£90,000	18/11/2020 36	Donmar Discover: LOCAL Youth Programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000	18/09/2020	Capital Refurbishment Project
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£10,000	02/09/2020 12	Core funding
DCMS - National Portfolio Organisation 2018 - 2022
£513,904	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 us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more 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 us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Donmar Warehouse Culture Recovery Application
£262,241	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Donmar Warehouse CRF2 Application
£603,934	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Donmar Warehouse
£450,000	13/06/2019	Refurbishment
DCMS - National Portfolio Organisation 2018 - 2022
£504,619	01/04/2019	£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
Esmee Fairbairn - Social investment Donmar Warehouse Projects Ltd
£25,000	15/02/2019 12	An investment in the transfer of Sweat to the Gielgud Theatre, as part of our Arts Transfer Facility.
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£6,000	13/02/2019 12	Core funding
DCMS - National Portfolio Organisation 2018 - 2022
£504,619	01/04/2018	National Portfolio Organisation 2018 - 2022
DCMS - National Portfolio Organisation 2018 - 2022
£126,155	01/04/2018	To support National Portfolio Organisation 2018 - 2022
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£6,000	27/06/2017 12	Core funding
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - The Tomorrow Project
£5,000	15/03/2016 2	The Tomorrow Project is part of the Donmar's education and outreach work that uses rehearsal and drama techniques to explore pressing topical issues with groups of young people over 12 weeks and investigates their understanding and responses to it.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Donmar Warehouse
£12,960	22/07/2015	TAKE THE STAGE
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£5,000	30/09/2014	Core funding
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£5,270	20/08/2013	Core funding

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How is it governed?

Trustees (16)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 15/16 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-71

ADAM KENWRIGHT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

ANTONIA ROMEO Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Civil Service

HENRIETTA LUCY ANNE FINCH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Executive

JONATHAN MARK JEBARAJAN KANAGASOORIAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Content Strategy - Bbc Sounds

JONATHAN SMITH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor

LUCIAN MSAMATI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Artist And Producer

MARK GOODEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

NEIL LYNDON MARC BLAIR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Literary Agent

PROFESSOR HANNAH JANE THOMPSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Professor

ROGER PARRY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director

SARAH KATE CARSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Campaigns And Mobilisation

SUSAN CHRISTINA BUTCHER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Investment Banker

TESSA SCANTLEBURY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Ceo Of House Productions

TIINA LE-SEONG LEE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Banker

TIMOTHY NEIL ALLAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Investor

TIMOTHY SHEADER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Artistic Director & Joint Ceo

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/05/1982, number: 284262
Registered at Companies House on 05/02/1982, number: 01611861

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; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR06: 0 days late, AR04: 25 days late,

Main office

3
Dryden Street
LONDON
WC2E 9NA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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