Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 4

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 4

PUPPET PLACE TRUST LTD

resource and development agency for puppetry in the South West

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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		£39	£49	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/22		£39	£43	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/03/21		£72	£41	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/20		£54	£45	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/19		£142	£135	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	*	£142	£135	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£55	£57	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£167	£180	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£39	£55	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£162	£134	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£21	£22	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£72	£78	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£12	£9	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£25	£24	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£2	£0	£2	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0	0
31/03/08		£1	£0	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 29 years

www.puppetplace.org

info@puppetplace.org

01179293593

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 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
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	30/09/2020	towards stabilisation, critical artist support and the reintroduction of the public engagement programme (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	02/07/2019	towards ongoing costs during the year end March 2020

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 30-61

RHYS WILLIAMSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Communications Manager

CATHERINE ROCK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Puppeteer

DR NOREEN MASUD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lecturer

ISABELLA WHATELY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Fundraising Manager

JOANNE KELLY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Architect

CHRIS MARK PIRIE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Theatre & Puppetry Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/08/1995, number: 1048591
Registered at Companies House on 15/09/1993, number: 02853493

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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: 148 days late, AR10: 12 days late, AR07: 38 days late, AR04: 25 days late,

Main office

UNIT 18
ALBION DOCKSIDE ESTATE
HANOVER PLACE
BRISTOL
BS1 6UT

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING THE ART OF PUPPETRY IN ALL ITS FORMS

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE BRISTOL AND SW REGION

Data Sources