Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income -1
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Overall weighted support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    MONTROSE PLAYHOUSE PROJECT SCIO

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 30/04/17 30/04/18 30/04/19 30/04/20 30/04/21 30/04/22 30/04/23
    Charitable activities £857,974
    Donations & Legacies £2,260,083 £120,819
    Other Income
    Investment Income £109
    Total income £20,189 £54,557 £26,698 £86,429 £2,273,428 £1,646,667 £1,035,774
    Charitable activities spending £29,915 £1,157,311
    Fundraising costs
    Other spending
    Total spending £26,960 £42,730 £16,498 £35,767 £29,915 £737,148 £1,157,311
    Surplus/deficit -£6,771 £11,827 £10,200 £50,662 £2,243,513 £909,519 -£121,537
    Established: 10 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • General Community services
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Angus
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £75,000 09/04/2021
    The Montrose Playhouse
    National Lottery Community Fund - Montrose Playhouse Project
    £350,000 02/12/2019
    This project will transform a derelict swimming pool in the town centre of Montrose into a community hub for arts and education. This will include a three-screen cinema, education and exhibition ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Montrose Playhouse Project
    £4,437 19/11/2018
    We want to turn the old swimming pool in Montrose into a new state of the art cinema and arts hub for the benefit of our local community.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 11/04/2014, number: SC044798
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR20: 27 days late, AR17: 5 days late,
    Main office

    Montrose Playhouse, The Mall, Montrose, Angus, DD10 8NN

    Objectives

    The organisation's purposes are to promote community engagement for the benefit of the public without distinction of sex, sexuality, political, religious or other opinions by associating with the local authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance the arts, heritage and culture, education and to provide facilities for, or assist in the provision of facilities, in the interests of social welfare for recreation and other leisure time occupation so that the conditions of life may be improved.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving

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