Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +10
    Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

    BURNLEY YOUTH THEATRE 

    We deliver a range of drama and arts activities for children and young people aged 0 to 25 years old both in our purpose built venue Burnley Arts Centre and also in the community and schools of Burnley and East Lancashire.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased 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 age and gender
    Established: 28 years

    www.burnleyyouththeatre.org

    info@burnleyyouththeatre.org

    01282 427767

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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£502£433£68£0£1,384£1674.61250
    31/03/22£393£385£7n/an/an/an/an/a25
    31/03/21£382£376£6n/an/an/an/an/a25
    31/03/20£342£345£-3n/an/an/an/an/a30
    31/03/19£346£367£-21n/an/an/an/an/a100
    31/03/18£286£324£-38£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£305£331£-26£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£272£320£-47£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£323£384£-61£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£602£373£229£2£1,495£541.7110
    31/03/13£391£281£109£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£215£261£-46£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£220£251£-31£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£235£257£-22£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£245£320£-75£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£294£318£-24£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£232£250£-18£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£643£257£386£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£970£205£765£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£191£169£22£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 5%
    Liabilities/Income: 13%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 12%
    Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.6
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Lancashire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • People With Disabilities
    Who works here?
    • 12 employees
    • 50 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£325,397
    Henry Smith Charity£262,400
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£64,168
    Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - One Connect
    £3,000 10/11/2022
    To deliver a drama workshop over a period of 10 weeks for young people from local schools, primarily for those from Asian backgrounds and with learning disabilities as that is the local schools' ....more
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Burnley Youth Theatre
    £180,000 26/05/2022
    36
    towards three years' continuation funding of the salaries of the Engagement Manager and an Engagement Worker to deliver a theatre outreach and training project for young people and adults at risk, ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Burnley Youth Theatre
    £64,168 25/04/2022
    Reflections and Revelations
    DCMS - Capital Investment Programme
    £142,638 04/03/2022
    The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, ....more
    DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
    £29,390 22/10/2021
    To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £30,000 01/10/2021
    Burnley Youth Theatre Revenue Grant
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Burnley Youth Theatre
    £82,400 23/10/2020
    12
    towards one year's running costs of an organisation providing theatre workshops and outreach for disadvantaged children, young people and families, including people with disabilities, impacted by the ....more
    DCMS - Burnley Youth Theatre
    £64,531 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
    DCMS - Burnley Youth Theatre
    £59,448 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    DCMS - Burnley Youth Theatre
    £29,390 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Burnley Youth Theatre
    £45,100 27/03/2018
    36
    Step In programme to support 50 disadvantaged young people per year to 'step in' to their Inclusive Youth Theatre - Covid-19 flexibility agreed
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Burnley Youth Theatre
    £149,600 14/03/2018
    36
    towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a youth theatre in a deprived area of Lancashire
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Burnley Youth Theatre
    £53,600 04/12/2014
    36
    towards three years' salary of a Youth Engagement Worker at a project for disadvantaged young people in Burnley and East Lancashire
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Burnley Youth Theatre
    £59,461 16/07/2014
    Towards the family-engagement work, which breaks down emotional barriers to engagement in the arts and provides long-term participation opportunities for vulnerable families.
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Burnley Youth Theatre
    £10,000 19/12/2013
    Peace by Piece
    Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a theatre group in Hameldon College
    £2,000 31/01/2013
    Towards a theatre group in Hameldon College.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (11)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 9/11 persons

    Age Range of Trustees: 28-79
    • KELLY ALLEN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Company Director
    • SARA MARTIN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Company Director
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/04/1996, number: 1054763
    • Registered at Companies House on 26/03/1996, number: 03178207
    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
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    BURNLEY YOUTH THEATRE
    QUEENS PARK ROAD
    BURNLEY
    BB10 3LB

    Objectives

    THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN LIVING IN LANCASHIRE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF ACTIVITY, TRAINING AND EDUCATION AS A MEANS OF:A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN, IMPROVING THEIR HEALTH AND OVERALL WELL-BEING BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ALL ASPECTS OF ARTS AND CULTURE.C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    BOROUGH OF BURNLEY

    Data Sources

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    360 Giving
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