Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

THE RED LADDER THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED 

National Touring Theatre Company
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 30 years
(47 years as a company)

www.redladder.co.uk

chris@redladder.co.uk

01132455311

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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
31/03/22£232£251£-20n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/21£220£213£7n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/20*£396£255£140n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/19£320£313£7n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£189£305£-116£0£0£0n/a03
31/03/17£154£207£-53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£173£163£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£324£327£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£218£176£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£262£260£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£313£288£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£300£300£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£286£287£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£302£287£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£425£395£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£376£363£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£303£336£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£440£454£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£279£274£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Red Ladder Theatre Company
£10,000 13/05/2019
11
Red Ladder's Life & Soul II uses live theatre to create a space for vulnerable and isolated men in Leeds to come together and bring the subject of mental health and suicide into the open, ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Glory
£16,997 14/02/2019
6
Glory: using theatre to exploreidentity and challenge racism
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Northern Social Circuit: Community Programmers
£36,000 08/05/2017
24
Red Ladder Theatre Company (RL) based in Leeds, is developing a Northern Social Circuit to bring small-scale theatre to 15 areas with limited opportunities for cultural engagement. RL seek to address ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-60
  • FIONA ANN GELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketing & Communications Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/05/1994, number: 1037653
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/05/1976, number: 01258679
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 4 days late, AR07: 6 days late, AR06: 108 days late,
Main office

RED LADDER THEATRE CO
ST. PETERS BUILDINGS
YORK STREET
LEEDS
LS9 8AJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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