Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 0

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -3

THE FRIENDS OF THE GRAND

The Friends of the Grand support the Blackpool Grand Theatre in different ways. They raise funds from subscriptions and social events to finance projects, primarily aimed at enhancing the comfort of our patrons. Over the last 30 years the Friends have contributed in excess of ?1million towards projects including the provision of new toilets, improved disabled access,i.e.chair lift new box office.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/10/22	£9	£68	£-59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/10/21	£16	£18	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/10/20	£37	£28	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/10/19	£51	£46	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/10/18	£62	£44	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	130
31/10/17	£127	£456	£-330	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/16	£77	£34	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/15	£61	£111	£-51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14	£51	£86	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13	£53	£115	£-63	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12	£68	£62	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/11	£63	£63	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/10	£69	£62	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/09	£75	£72	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/08	£76	£50	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/07	£90	£66	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/06	£97	£66	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/05	£103	£67	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/04	£105	£70	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 40 years

www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/friends

friends@blackpoolgrand.co.uk

01253743300

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Blackpool, Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Cumbria, Lancashire,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Gender Split

CHRISTINE WATKINS

GERALDINE PORTER

MARY WALKER TREASURER Appointed: 2023

TREVOR DENTON Appointed: 2020

ANN ROYLE, Other trusteeship: BLACKPOOL GRAND THEATRE (ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS) LIMITED,

JOHN GRADY (Chair), Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: BLACKPOOL GRAND THEATRE TRUST LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/04/1984, number: 514538

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Risk management
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

GRAND THEATRE TRUST LTD
33 CHURCH STREET
BLACKPOOL
FY1 1HT

Objectives

A) TO PROVIDE LINKS BETWEEN THE GRAND THEATRE AND ITS POTENTIAL AUDIENCE. B) TO BUILD UP AN AUDIENCE FOR THE THEATRE AND PUBLICISE ITS SHOWS AND SOCIAL EVENTS. C) TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN THE PERFORMING ARTS D) TO RAISE FUNDS TO ASSIST TE GRAND THEATRE TRUST IN THE OPERATION OF THE THEATRE E) TO PROVIDE VOLUNTEER HELP FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE THEATRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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