Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

NORTH EAST THEATRE TRUST LIMITED

- The production of theatre performances at Live Theatre;- The facilitation of drama and music programmes by other companies;- The organisation and production of education and outreach activities for the public.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

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£2,171£2,521£-350£266£8,995£1,4176.72550
31/03/22£2,344£2,347£-3£271£9,345£1,36472516
31/03/21*£2,633£1,902£731£240£9,013£1,3748.7230
31/03/20£1,856£2,271£-415£254£8,282£2681.42556
31/03/19£2,197£2,486£-290£360£8,659£2441.225111
31/03/18*£2,301£2,465£-164£354£8,948£1700.8270
31/03/17£1,866£2,460£-594£315£9,113£630.3270
31/03/16*£2,226£2,274£-48£167£9,706£2801.5270
31/03/15£2,215£2,214£1£194£7,862£3281.8270
31/03/14£2,017£2,039£-22£159£5,399£3271.9250
31/03/13£1,949£1,863£87£176£5,734£3492.2210
31/03/12£1,866£1,776£90£192£5,648£3492.4210
31/03/11*£1,996£1,953£43£202£5,558£3532.2210
31/03/10£1,821£1,784£37£185£5,484£3102.1210
31/03/09£1,813£1,767£46£301£5,662£2731.9290
31/03/08£1,305£1,341£-36£272£5,711£2272270
31/03/07*£1,116£1,104£12£332£4,242£2632.9210
31/03/06*£1,242£1,266£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£1,240£1,224£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,203£1,069£134n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 25.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 41%
Liabilities/Income: 289%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 16%
Reserves/Spending: 6.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 42 years

www.live.org.uk

Info@live.org.uk

0191 261 2694

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,
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£1,217,522
Garfield Weston Foundation£249,000
John Ellerman Foundation£90,000
Esmee Fairbairn£50,000
Wolfson Foundation£50,000
Backstage Trust£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Shears Foundation - Live Theatre
£5,500 22/01/2024
Live Youth Theatre
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to North East Theatre Trust (Live Theatre)
£1,125 26/01/2023
Supporting the charity's objects
The Shears Foundation - Live Theatre
£5,000 09/08/2022
Sunderland Youth Theatre
Backstage Trust - Programme Costs grant
£25,000 28/04/2022
Support of their Children and Young People's Programme
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to North East Theatre Trust (Live Theatre)
£10,000 07/04/2022
Year 1 22/23: delivery of the children and young people’s programme, including live tales, playmakers and live youth theatre for young people from newcastle aged 10 – 25 years
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to North East Theatre Trust (Live Theatre)
£2,963 17/03/2022
Establishing a regular youth theatre for children in Sunderland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to North East Theatre Trust (Live Theatre)
£1,248 13/01/2022
Towards the organisations charitable activities
John Ellerman Foundation - Costs of creative development programme - core and freelance - for new, emerging and established writers and theatre makers.
£90,000 25/11/2021
36
Costs of creative development programme - core and freelance - for new, emerging and established writers and theatre makers.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Live Theatre
£50,000 23/06/2021
Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - towards the organisations charitable activities
£1,126 11/02/2021
towards the organisations charitable activities
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£249,000 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000 30/09/2020
towards shortfall up to £20K for a programme of works to reopen the theatre in spring 2021 with improved ventilation, disabled access, visibility, and digital capacity (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to North East Theatre Trust
£50,000 11/06/2020
Refurbishment of Live Theatre
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Core costs of Live Tales Year 3
£10,000 02/04/2020
Core costs of Live Tales Year 3
DCMS - NPO 18-22
£638,255 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. 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 ....more
DCMS - Live Theatre - Creativity and Resilience
£429,768 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund
£85,911 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Building Sustainability
£63,588 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Youth theatre project focused on increasing awareness of food poverty.
£3,880 24/04/2019
Youth theatre project focused on increasing awareness of food poverty.
DCMS - NPO 18-22
£626,723 01/04/2019
£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
DCMS - Live Theatre - Fit for 50
£300,000 01/04/2019
Live Theatre will be 50 years old in 2023. This application for funding is to support a capital programme of work that ensures it is fit for the future by improving accessibility and inclusion, energy efficiency, visibility and financial resilience ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Core costs of Live Tales Year 2
£10,000 01/04/2019
Core costs of Live Tales Year 2
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to North East Theatre Trust Ltd.
£9,000 14/11/2018
9
Refurbishing unusual, Grade II arts and cultural buildings to improve audience, artist and user experience by upgrading facilities
John Ellerman Foundation - core costs
£90,000 24/05/2018
36
Towards the costs of extending their Creative Opportunities programme to enable emerging and established writers to create and produce new plays
DCMS - NPO 18-22
£626,723 01/04/2018
To promote Arts & Culture throughout the UK
DCMS - NPO 18-22
£156,681 01/04/2018
To support NPO 18-22
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Core costs of Live Tales Year 1
£10,000 04/01/2018
Core costs of Live Tales Year 1
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Live Theatre
£400,000 18/12/2017
48
Towards unrestricted core costs to support the organisation through its continuing transition to an innovative business model, ensuring artistic quality and social impact are maintained.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Northern Theatre Trust Ltd
£300,000 28/11/2017
24
Grant to enable Live Theatre to replicate the successful Live Tales programme into the Music, Arts and Culture quarter in Sunderland, an area undergoing arts led regeneration. This Ripple Fund award comprises both capital and revenue funding for ....more
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Live Theatre
£10,100 07/11/2017
12
Write Here Write Now
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support for core costs Year 3
£10,000 01/04/2017
Support for core costs Year 3
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Support for core costs Year 2
£20,000 01/04/2016
Towards Support for core costs Year 2
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support for core costs Year 1
£35,000 01/04/2015
Support for core costs Year 1
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out
£108,000 23/02/2015
36
Not Available
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Live Theatre
£250,000 31/10/2013
Towards the costs of new and enhanced staff posts to support the organisation through a period of growth.
Environmental Finance - Arts, heritage, sports and faith
£140,000 31/12/2010
All Groups
Esmee Fairbairn - Social investment Live Theatre
£140,000 14/10/2010
72
Towards Core costs An investment in Live Theatre to develop social enterprises to generate unrestricted income.
National Lottery Community Fund - Live Theatre outreach programme
£86,890 10/02/2010
35
A project to support young people from low-income households and new arrivals in Newcastle Upon Tyne through two outreach centres, Theatre East and Theatre West, located in Benfield School and Excelsior Academy respectively working. _x000B_
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-77
  • BRENNA HOBSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • ISHTIAQ AHMED DIN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Writer
  • JACQUELINE KELL Appointed: 2020
  • JAMES RHYS MCKINNELL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Restaurateur
  • KATHRYN LUCY HAY WINSKELL OBE (Chair), Occupation: Solicitor
  • MICHAEL FRANCIS HENRY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Leader Of Gateshead Council
  • MICHELLE FRANCES PERCY Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Marketing Director
  • PAUL THOMAS HENRY SHEVLIN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor
  • ROBIN STEVEN CANTRILL-FENWICK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Digital & Communications Director
  • ROSS MICHAEL ELGIE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Accountant
  • SUSAN BROWN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Director Of Communications
  • SUSAN EMMAS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Associate Artistic Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/04/1983, number: 513771
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/02/1983, number: 01697756
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 29 days late, AR05: 2 days late,
Main office

Live Theatre
27 Broad Chare
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 3DQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ART OF DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATUE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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