Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

NTC TOURING THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED

To make professional touring theatre of the highest quality accessible to those small communities who are theatrically disenfranchised through geographic, economic, social or transport constraints. Theatre which is made in Northumberland for a national audience, theatre which is accessible and relevant, is innovative and entertains with integrity and humour. Training provider for emergent talent.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/24£104£132£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£125£221£-96n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£267£185£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£170£92£78n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£246£231£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£193£580£-387n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£208£185£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£157£175£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£186£200£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£96£143£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£239£310£-71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£474£461£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£521£510£11£33£575£54512.880
31/03/10£522£541£-19£24£563£56312.580
31/03/09£534£505£29£42£582£58213.880
31/03/08£540£527£13£47£553£55312.680
31/03/07£496£504£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£506£513£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£495£476£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£576£406£169n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 45 years

www.northumberlandtheatre.co.uk

admin@northumberlandtheatre.co.uk

01665713655

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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
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England,
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£85,627
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£49,750
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£30,344
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to NTC Touring Theatre Company Ltd
£6,000 26/01/2023
Supporting the charity's purposes.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to NTC Touring Theatre Company Ltd
£3,000 11/08/2022
Towards organisational charitable activities providing touring theatre to rural locations across northumberland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to NTC Touring Theatre Company Ltd
£15,500 07/07/2022
Repair costs for the dovecote centre in amble after damage sustained during storm arwen in late 2021
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to NTC Touring Theatre Company Ltd
£1,000 26/05/2022
General charitable purposes
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to NTC Touring Theatre Company Ltd
£5,250 12/05/2022
Costs to provide a traineeship for one emergent performer in the north east
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£51,106 08/03/2022
This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted all other options for increasing their resilience.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to NTC Touring Theatre Company Ltd
£10,000 20/01/2022
Supporting the charity's purposes.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to NTC Touring Theatre Company Ltd
£4,000 21/10/2021
Costs for providing a pantomime at The Dovecote Centre in Amble
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to NTC Touring Theatre Company Ltd
£5,000 29/04/2021
Theatre performances in rural communities
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the organisation's charitable objects
£10,000 18/03/2021
the organisation's charitable objects
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - core costs for arts activities in South East Northumberland and touring during 2021
£4,000 14/01/2021
core costs for arts activities in South East Northumberland and touring during 2021
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - core salary costs to support the sustainability of the organisation
£3,344 08/10/2020
core salary costs to support the sustainability of the organisation
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - theatre performances in rural communities Yr 2
£5,000 02/04/2020
theatre performances in rural communities Yr 2
DCMS - Funding to enable NTC Touring Theatre Company Ltd to achieve financial viability and sustainability whilst continuing to provide content for our audiences and safely re-launch our community cultural hub, The Dovecote Centre
£34,521 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - The charity's objects
£8,000 22/01/2020
The charity's objects
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Theatre performances in rural Northumberland, within 20 miles of Berwick Town Hall.
£5,000 08/10/2019
Theatre performances in rural Northumberland, within 20 miles of Berwick Town Hall.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000 20/09/2019
towards establishing NTC's new home at the Dovecote Centre in Amble, Northumberland during 2020
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - General charitable purposes
£7,000 08/03/2019
General charitable purposes
Co-Operative Group - Grant to NTC Touring Theatre Co Ltd
£2,570 19/11/2018
We will plan, deliver and tour two productions to local isolated communities throughout Northumberland.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Touring professional theatre to communities within the area of benefit
£4,000 22/05/2018
Touring professional theatre to communities within the area of benefit
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - General charitable purposes
£5,000 28/11/2017
General charitable purposes
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Temporary shortfall in running costs
£9,950 27/09/2017
Temporary shortfall in running costs
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Volunteer support for tours
£3,000 14/07/2016
Towards Volunteer support for tours
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 60-78
  • BRAD HOY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Manager
  • CRAIG WEIR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Councillor
  • GILLIAN ELIZABETH HAMBLETON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • JIM DONNELLY (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Photographer
  • KATE MORRISON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • PHILIP HARRISON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Actor
  • STEWART NIEL HOWSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/11/1979, number: 509251
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/09/1979, number: 01448366
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

N T C Touring Theatre Co Ltd
Dovecote Centre
Dovecote Street
Amble
MORPETH
NE65 0DX

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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