Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

ROSE BRUFORD COLLEGE OF THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE 

Rose Bruford College is a university sector institution providing a range of education and training opportunities and supporting research in the theatrical arts and technologies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £446,000
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 44 years
(71 years as a company)

www.bruford.ac.uk

enquiries@bruford.ac.uk

02083082600

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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
31/07/22£12,587£13,241£-654£5£5,227£5,2274.71700
31/07/21£10,130£12,095£-1,965£0£3,060£3,06031510
31/07/20£10,138£9,731£407£0£4,266£4,2665.3910
31/07/19£9,499£9,486£14£0£4,392£4,3925.6710
31/07/18£9,428£9,705£-277£99£3,787£3,0223.7800
31/07/17£9,251£9,777£-526£0£3,248£3,24841300
31/07/16*£9,456£9,423£33£0£3,560£3,5604.51300
31/07/15*£8,147£8,060£87£0£8,239£3,4535.1920
31/07/14*£7,609£7,417£192£0£8,489£3,5675.8890
31/07/13*£7,444£7,203£241£0£8,418£4,1176.9840
31/07/12£7,083£6,933£150£0£7,962£2,6404.6840
31/07/11£7,572£7,162£410£0£8,274£2,7544.6920
31/07/10£7,529£7,303£226£0£7,981£3,2765.4970
31/07/09£7,584£7,489£95£0£7,442£1,9413.1980
31/07/08£7,120£6,976£144£0£7,327£1,7793.1950
31/07/07£6,709£6,651£58£0£7,697£2,8455.1910
31/07/06£5,898£5,823£75£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£5,104£5,101£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£4,632£4,658£-26£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 57%
Liabilities/Income: 59%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 170 employees
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bexley, Brighton And Hove, Kent, Lambeth, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wigan,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to Rose Bruford College
£9,250 01/09/2022
3 year Actor Musicianship Programme (years 2 & 3 only)
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to Rose Bruford College
£18,500 01/09/2021
3 year Actor Musicianship Programme
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to Rose Bruford College
£18,500 01/09/2019
36
3 year Actor Musicianship Programme
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Scholarship to Rose Bruford College
£27,750 01/09/2017
36
3 year Actor Musicianship Programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 21-78
  • DARYL BURNS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Finance Officer
  • JANET SMITH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: College Principal
  • JENNIFER SIMS (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired College Principal
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/11/1979, number: 307907
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/06/1952, number: 00508616
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR14: 8 days late, AR13: 2 days late,
Main office

ROSE BRUFORD COLLEGE OF THEATRE AND
PERFORMANCE
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Objectives

THE PROVISION OF A SPEECH AND DRAMA TRAINING COLLEGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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