Overall GiG Score: 19 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

CUSTOMS HOUSE TRUST LIMITED 

Arts Centre offering Theatre, Cinema and Art Gallery. We deliver Arts in Education within South Tyneside and within the North East Region and are actively engaged in arts development as well as the use of the arts to promote social and economic regeneration.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 30 years

www.customshouse.co.uk

mail@customshouse.co.uk

01914273749

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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£2,505£2,535£-30£149£870£7443.55410
31/03/22*£2,057£1,853£204£83£900£7014.5395
31/03/21£1,521£1,042£479£167£698£3854.4462
31/03/20£2,789£2,868£-79£533£219£570.26710
31/03/19£2,727£2,800£-72£437£298£1520.76315
31/03/18£2,569£2,648£-79£487£369£2201620
31/03/17*£2,592£2,709£-117£520£425£2841.3570
31/03/16*£2,525£2,403£122£373£565£4102650
31/03/15£2,582£2,465£117£351£443£2831.4500
31/03/14*£2,026£2,115£-89£39£326£1630.9390
31/03/13£1,977£2,026£-49£22£415£2491.500
31/03/12*£2,561£2,513£48£26£464£2951.4430
31/03/11£3,285£3,152£133£27£416£2380.9430
31/03/10£3,486£3,421£65£14£282£1040.4420
31/03/09*£2,979£2,958£22£12£217£560.2730
31/03/08*£2,758£2,625£133£13£196£340.2690
31/03/07*£2,716£2,765£-49£67£62£620.3330
31/03/06*£2,545£2,565£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£2,242£2,267£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£1,659£1,672£-13£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 44%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 54 employees
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • North Tyneside, South Tyneside,

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
DCMS£482,530
Garfield Weston Foundation£164,400
Esmee Fairbairn£8,000
Cheshire Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - TASK to The Customs House Trust
£8,000 05/02/2024
TASK fund donation towards promoting new writing and producing opportunities in the North East
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Customs House
£0 09/12/2021
Grant of £16,520 towards building Energy Management System. Grant paid via Theatres Trust (22870)
Cheshire Community Foundation - Ours/Us/We
£5,000 21/10/2021
The Learning and Participation Team at The Customs House work with diverse communities to engage them in artistic and creative experiences. Ours/Us/We is our in house Queer led LGBTQ+ Arts Group that ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - running costs to enable the youth theatre to become operational again from June 2021
£1,460 18/03/2021
running costs to enable the youth theatre to become operational again from June 2021
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - the organisationals charitable activities supporting young people
£2,000 04/03/2021
the organisationals charitable activities supporting young people
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£164,400 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
DCMS - The Customs House
£102,530 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 ....more
DCMS - Open House
£255,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Open House - Part 2
£125,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - The Treasure Group
£9,968 03/01/2019
12
This funding will be used to deliver three term time after school arts based projects for children aged 7-13 years old, and host a celebration event to showcase their work. This will also provide ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Customs House Trust Ltd
£22,700 30/10/2018
Theatres in South Shields: 25 years of The Customs House
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - The Room of Small Things: Capturing Stories of Migrant Women
£2,500 05/10/2018
The Room of Small Things: Capturing Stories of Migrant Women
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Customs House Trust Ltd
£14,020 27/03/2018
24
The Customs House Youth Theatre
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Customs House Trust Ltd
£3,900 25/10/2017
Customs Book' exploring The Customs House's heritage by creating Chap Books
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Young Interpreters: Cultural Interpretation Team
£31,400 06/06/2016
24
Customs House in South Tyneside will pilot a sustained visual arts offer for 14-19 year olds, exploring how best to engage local young people in the gallery programme. A core youth-led Cultural ....more
Youth Music - Note Perfect
£67,622 27/04/2016
Note Perfect
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-74
  • ARABELLA PLOUVIEZ Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Dean Of The Faculty Of Arts And Creative Industry
  • KEN DAWES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Elected Councillor
  • MARGARET FAY (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Non Executive Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/02/1994, number: 1032846
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/08/1993, number: 02848282
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
  • 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; AR22: 118 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR14: 25 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR09: 61 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 28 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Mill Dam
THEATRE & RESTAURANT
South Shields
SOUTH SHIELDS
Tyne and Wear
NE33 1ES

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND POPULAR CULTURE AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF SOUTH TYNESIDE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD (2) TO ESTABLISH AND TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRES FOR THE ARTS AND POPULAR CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE BOROUGH OF SOUTH TYNESIDE AND IN PARTICULAR AT THE OLD CUSTOM HOUSE BUILDING, MILL DAM, SOUTH SHIELDS AND TO EQUIP, MAINTAIN, MANAGE AND MARKET THE SAME, TOGETHER WITH RELATED CAPITAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE MILL DAM AREA OF SOUTH SHIELDS

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE BOROUGH OF SOUTH TYNESIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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