Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 9
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

HALF MOON YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE LIMITED 

Half Moon focuses on work for and with young people from 0 to 18. The work is inclusive and accessible for all. The company has two main thrusts of activity:- producing and presenting professional theatre at the base, in venues and in youth and schools settings - providing an extensive participatory programme including youth theatres, school and community projects.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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£842£890£-48£0£530£44361056
31/03/22£897£826£71£43£511£861.31135
31/03/21£715£666£49£46£343£400.787
31/03/20£718£702£17£43£294£10845
31/03/19£716£668£48£35£277£260.5829
31/03/18£606£579£27£38£229£70.180
31/03/17£619£598£21£42£202£1070
31/03/16£617£601£16£43£181£80.270
31/03/15£575£750£-174£61£166£691.170
31/03/14*£1,146£989£156£61£340£82170
31/03/13£696£754£-59£59£184£65170
31/03/12£532£531£1£55£242£651.570
31/03/11£550£539£11£161£241£1042.370
31/03/10£546£543£3£149£230£972.170
31/03/09£586£543£43£160£227£1052.370
31/03/08£756£644£112£333£184£731.470
31/03/07£586£566£21£296£71£691.580
31/03/06*£575£550£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£515£516£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£469£439£30£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 84%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 32 years
(34 years as a company)

www.halfmoon.org.uk

admin@halfmoon.org.uk

02072658138

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 10 employees
  • 56 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
Henry Smith Charity£107,800
DCMS£53,283
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
City Bridge Trust£44,785
National Lottery Heritage Fund£36,500
BBC Children in Need£32,615
The Clothworkers Foundation£23,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£9,960
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre
£2,421 21/10/2023
We would like to continue to provide affordable youth theatre groups, with specialist access workers to support young people with disabilities or additional needs.
City Bridge Trust - Eco audit to Half Moon Young People's Theatre Ltd
£3,000 03/10/2022
£3,000 (7.5 days) to provide an eco-audit.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre Ltd
£3,235 05/07/2022
£3,235 to commission an independent access audit of the Half Moon Theatre venue.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£25,000 18/02/2022
Half Moon Core Costs
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre
£107,800 23/09/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Next Steps' project which offers active/drama techniques to explore wider issues impacting vulnerable 11-14 year olds in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£25,000 26/02/2021
Half Moon Core Costs
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre
£9,960 04/02/2021
12
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,642 09/10/2020
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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre Ltd
£38,550 13/08/2020
towards the costs of repurposing three existing shows and creating a new one for young audiences online
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre
£3,380 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund the Next Steps programme for those children who are particularly vulnerable when transitioning from pirmary to secondary schools and isolated due to Covid-19, to help ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre
£29,235 28/05/2020
36
This project will provide drama sessions for children and young people from low income families transitioning from primary to secondary school. The activities will help to increase their self-belief, ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,380 27/05/2020
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
DCMS - Narratives of Empathy and Resilience
£47,261 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre
£23,000 04/02/2020
refurbishment of theatre auditorium and public facilities for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in London
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre
£36,500 04/12/2019
Exploration 1990
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Half Moon Inclusive Youth Theatres
£4,056 15/11/2019
We run seven Youth Theatre groups for local children and young people. To keep the groups affordable we have to raise over £30,000 a year.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre
£19,800 10/01/2018
Playful Heritage – exploring social activities undertaken by young people in the East End
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre Ltd
£2,501 29/11/2017
We want to offer affordable weekly drama groups, providing free access workers for disabled young people, or those on the autistic spectrum.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre
£69,530 17/10/2017
36
This project will support disabled children with complex needs to access weekly drama sessions, allowing them to express themselves creatively, improve social and communication skills.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£75,000 09/10/2017
Half Moon
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre
£46,000 04/08/2015
Stages of Half Moon
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre
£57,900 12/03/2015
36
towards three years' running costs of a theatre project in London for children with speech and language difficulties
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre Ltd
£30,604 24/04/2013
Careers in Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Half Moon Young People's Theatre Ltd
£14,941 24/01/2012
Careers in Theatre programme
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-57
  • VIPUL BHATTI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Research Operations
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/03/1992, number: 1010192
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/03/1990, number: 02479179
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 11 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE APPLES & PEARS FOUNDATION on 15/12/2020
Main office

HALF MOON
43 WHITE HORSE ROAD
LONDON
E1 0ND

Objectives

FOR THE PROMOTION, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND DRAMA WORKSHOPS, THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE EAST LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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