Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 12
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

THE OILY CART COMPANY 

Oily Cart contributes to the quality of life of young people, with a focus on increasing access to creativity and culture for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent babies, children and young people and their families, through the provision of highly accessible, multi-sensory, interactive theatrical performances.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
Established: 33 years

www.oilycart.org.uk

oilies@oilycart.org.uk

020 8102 0112

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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
31/03/23£756£724£33£2£587£2484.142
31/03/22£516£532£-16£5£554£2355.343
31/03/21£478£494£-16n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/20£619£532£87£1£586£47610.742
31/03/19£634£795£-160£2£499£4997.540
31/03/18*£646£628£18£0£659£2925.630
31/03/17*£627£677£-50£0£661£2744.940
31/03/16£553£560£-7£0£711£3006.430
31/03/15*£563£594£-31£4£718£2865.850
31/03/14*£541£552£-11£4£749£2946.450
31/03/13£638£590£48£4£760£3006.140
31/03/12£582£571£11£3£485£2655.640
31/03/11£592£533£60£3£493£2555.760
31/03/10£662£599£63£3£303£1953.950
31/03/09£582£528£53£3£271£691.650
31/03/08*£511£494£17£3£181£781.950
31/03/07*£457£538£-81£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£435£458£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£506£436£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£398£396£2£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 42%
Reserves/Spending: 4.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 6.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 4 employees
  • 2 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£275,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£135,450
National Lottery Heritage Fund£80,214
Garfield Weston Foundation£75,000
True Colours Trust£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Oily Cart - Sensory Projects for disabled children
£275,000 27/03/2023
Funding will be used to engage 2500 disabled children and young people in sensory theatre sessions each year - along with their families carers and peers. These activities will use touch sound sight ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Increasing theatre engagement for disabled children
£9,450 18/01/2023
Oily Cart makes interactive theatre for groups that experience profound barriers to access and participation. This grant will support the organisation to increase access to high-quality interactive ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Increasing theatre engagement for disabled children
£126,000 16/05/2022
Oily Cart makes interactive theatre for groups that experience profound barriers to access and participation. This grant will support the organisation to increase access to high-quality interactive ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Oily Cart
£80,214 14/10/2021
Oily Cart and Sensory Theatre
True Colours Trust - Towards core costs
£30,000 08/12/2020
Towards core costs
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Oily Cart
£2,500 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund digital transition of play and sensory activities for disabled children and young people who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help them improve their emotional ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,500 22/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£75,000 07/02/2020
Sensory theatre for children and young people with complex needs
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Oily Cart
£92,324 28/02/2019
36
This project will provide a sensory drama performance to children with profound and multiple, learning or physical disabilities and children with autism. The sessions will encourage creativity, ....more
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Oily Cart
£10,000 10/08/2018
Oily Cart bring a theatre experience to children with profound and multiple disabilities and also to the very young.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Oily Cart Company Limited
£80,000 18/06/2018
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 18/10/2017
Multi-sensory theatre for children and young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
True Colours Trust - Towards two bursaries - Summer 2017
£1,100 13/07/2017
Towards two bursaries - Summer 2017
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Oily Cart
£10,000 12/07/2017
Oily Cart bring a theatre experience to children with profound and multiple disabilities and also to the very young.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Exploring multi-sensory performance environments addressing complex disabilities
£60,000 06/03/2017
24
Oily Cart create and tour original, high quality, multi-sensory theatre for children and young people with complex disabilities, including profound learning disabilities, across the UK. This two-year ....more
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Oily Cart
£10,000 23/06/2016
Oily Cart bring a theatre experience to children with profound and multiple disabilities and also to the very young.
True Colours Trust - core costs
£100,000 16/12/2015
core costs
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Oily Cart Co Limited
£90,000 11/06/2015
36
towards three years' running costs of a theatre project for children with autistic spectrum disorders and profound and multiple learning disabilities in the UK
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-69
  • LINDA DAVIDSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Global Transformation Program Director
  • RITA RAY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Broadcaster
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/11/1990, number: 1000799
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/08/1990, number: 02535040
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
  • Investing charity funds 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; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR15: 4 days late, AR14: 119 days late, AR08: 91 days late, AR07: 24 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

SMALLWOOD SCHOOL ANNEXE
SMALLWOOD ROAD
LONDON
SW17 0TW

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO THE DRAMATIC ARTS FOR CHILDREN

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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