Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 8

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 1

NATIONAL STUDENT DRAMA FESTIVAL LIMITED

Founded in 1956, NSDF is a unique and precious thing, a charity that has helped generations of talented young people of all backgrounds find their home within the arts. NSDF is for all 16-25 year olds. The Mission of NSDF is simple but vital: to empower and inspire young talent and ambition, to teach skills, to help launch careers and build the audience of tomorrow.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
30/09/22		£166	£214	£-48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
30/09/21		£219	£210	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/20		£176	£166	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/19		£245	£252	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/18		£254	£306	£-52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/17	*	£289	£273	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/16		£307	£346	£-39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/15		£367	£346	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/14		£328	£338	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/13	*	£221	£222	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/12		£457	£503	£-45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/11		£270	£210	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/10		£213	£213	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/09		£243	£226	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/08		£232	£189	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/07	*	£219	£192	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/06	*	£217	£246	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/05	*	£222	£249	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/04	*	£269	£221	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 28 years

www.nsdf.org.uk

lizzie@nsdf.org.uk

07539768087

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
60 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

DCMS	£142,583
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation	£15,100
The Foyle Foundation	£15,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - National Student Drama Festival
£57,583	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 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 the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - National Student Drama Festival - Culture Recovery Fund
£60,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - National Student Drama Festival - Culture Recovery Fund
£25,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to The National Student Drama Festival Limited
£15,100	26/11/2019 36	PROFESSIONALLY-LED DEVELOPMENT throughout the year and at their annual week of development - Covid-19 flexibility agreed
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000	20/09/2019	towards the workshop and development programme at the Student Drama Festival in 2020

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-42

BENJAMIN CANNING Appointed: 2023

RACHEL LEIPACHER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director/Artist

DANIEL BRODIE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Producer

EMMA KENDALL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Development Manager

TITILOLA DAWUDU Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Programme Manager, Coventry City Of Culture Trust, Other trusteeship: THEATRE CENTRE LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/03/1996, number: 1054121
Registered at Companies House on 19/09/1995, number: 03103602

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR17: 57 days late, AR13: 57 days late, AR07: 19 days late, AR06: 77 days late, AR05: 57 days late, AR04: 8 days late,

Main office

LCB Depot, 31
London
LEICESTER
LEICESTER
LE1 1RE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT (IN PARTICULAR STUDENTS) KNOWLEDGE OF AND EDUCATION IN THE ARTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

Data Sources