Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 8

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Volatile income -1

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

Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 10

THE LONDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THEATRE LIMITED

The principal activity of the company during the year was the promotion of education and the arts.

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:

Why are there 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

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		£751	£833	£-83	£86	£215	£120	1.7	10	21
31/03/22		£672	£583	£89	£88	£298	£182	3.7	9	0
31/03/21		£614	£523	£91	£70	£209	£151	3.5	6	0
31/03/20		£555	£502	£53	£72	£118	£48	1.1	6	3
31/03/19	*	£1,844	£1,798	£46	£100	£65	£-24	-0.2	9	50
31/03/18		£1,293	£1,171	£123	£85	£19	£-96	-1	9	0
31/03/17		£1,426	£1,529	£-104	£71	£-103	£-103	-0.8	8	0
31/03/16	*	£963	£783	£180	£65	£0	£-113	-1.7	8	0
31/03/15		£1,335	£1,671	£-336	£91	£-180	£-180	-1.3	8	0
31/03/14		£932	£629	£303	£96	£156	£-186	-3.6	9	0
31/03/13		£2,913	£2,966	£-53	£92	£-146	£-196	-0.8	8	0
31/03/12		£754	£676	£77	£77	£-93	£-112	-2	7	0
31/03/11		£835	£1,727	£-892	£65	£-170	£-208	-1.4	8	0
31/03/10		£629	£959	£-330	£105	£722	£-37	-0.5	12	0
31/03/09	*	£1,136	£1,348	£-212	£74	£1,052	£348	3.1	12	0
31/03/08	*	£1,791	£789	£1,002	£77	£1,264	£324	4.9	10	0
31/03/07	*	£898	£720	£178	£86	£262	£113	1.9	14	0
31/03/06		£757	£597	£159	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£868	£1,067	£-199	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£1,056	£979	£76	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 56%
Reserves/Spending: 1.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.8

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 42 years

www.liftfestival.com

info@liftfestival.com

02079686800

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

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	£558,635
Esmee Fairbairn	£204,000
The Foyle Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000	18/09/2023	towards increasing audience representation from young, more diverse communities including two paid Audience Connectors who will work within their communities for 12 months
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to London International Festival of Theatre
£4,000	27/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£24,877	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 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 viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to London International Festival of Theatre
£60,000	23/06/2021	Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to London International Festival of Theatre
£20,000	19/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
DCMS - LIFT NPO 2018-2022
£460,936	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 - LIFT Culture Recovery Fund
£72,822	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to London International Festival of Theatre
£120,000	04/12/2019 36	Towards project costs for the last phase of LIFT Tottenham; a 7-year intervention into the area’s arts and culture ecosystem.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	07/03/2019	LIFT - Capacity Building for National Touring
National Lottery Community Fund - Tottenham UpLIFTers
£10,000	15/02/2019 12	The project will provide creative employability skills for children. The aim is to provide creative opportunities with a focus on local culture.
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to London International Festival of Theatre (Lift)
£30,000	12/10/2018 24	UpLIFTers: A LIFT Tottenham Project, support for the youth aspect of the London International Festival Theatre
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - LIFT Tottenham - Audience Development
£60,000	18/05/2018 12	This grant will help LIFT Festival to test different approaches to overcoming identified barriers to engagement, and to better evaluate and understand the impact of its LIFT Tottenham programme.
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - The London International Festival of Theatre Limited
£50,000	08/11/2017	Supporting LIFT Tottenham to develop a progression route for communities to influence LIFTs future direction.This project is an opportunity to gain a deep understanding of working with communities and empowering them to shape local arts offer.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to London International Festival of Theatre
£60,000	11/07/2016 36	Towards the development of two new pieces of work to feature in the 2018 LIFT Festival programme, Frontier Collective and Afrobeats.
Big Issue Invest - Family, friends and relationships
£85,000	11/05/2016	All Groups

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How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 26-64

ALAN JAMES STRONG Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Technology Consultant

CHARLOTTE SWAIN Appointed: 2023

ENNI-KUKKA TUOMALA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Empathy Designer And Artist

GEOLIANE ARAB Appointed: 2023, Occupation: International Advisor

GEORGINA BLACK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Barrister

HANNAH AZIEB POOL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Journalist

HELEN MIRANDA SHUTE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chief Executive

JESSICA PARKER Appointed: 2023

MALAKAI SARGEANT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Theatre Maker

MARTIN HARRISON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Finance Director

RICHARD HUNTINGTON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Head Of Strategy

ROBIN SAPHRA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lawyer

ROSEMARY MILLARD Appointed: 2021

SIMON LONDON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Ceo & Co-Founder Of Kid Rated

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/02/1983, number: 286169
Registered at Companies House on 20/10/1982, number: 01672991

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR19: 33 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR09: 6 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 29 days late, AR04: 24 days late,

Main office

LIFT
Unit 19
Toynbee Studios
28 Commercial Street
LONDON

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATION PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE, PAINTING AND ARTS ACTIVITIES HAVING SPECIAL RELEVANCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONALITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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