Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 10

SPECTACLE THEATRE LTD

Founded in 1979 in the heart of the former Welsh coalfields, Spectacle Theatre Ltd pioneered access to live theatre and new writing in Welsh and English. Through partnership working, we deliver an innovative bi-lingual theatre service (workshops, production and mentoring), locally, nationally and internationally.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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		£206	£190	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22		£140	£133	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21		£171	£138	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/20		£109	£117	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
31/03/19		£119	£105	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18	*	£104	£62	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£57	£50	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£102	£91	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£95	£128	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£155	£157	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£111	£147	£-36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£130	£116	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£365	£346	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£292	£289	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£309	£328	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£336	£343	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£441	£455	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£348	£364	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£333	£334	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£326	£258	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 28 years
(43 years as a company)

www.spectacletheatre.co.uk

steve.spectacletheatre@gmail.com

07849513883

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£307,465
BBC Children in Need	£18,322
DCMS	£14,758

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - STORY
£297,642	25/11/2021 36	Spectacle Theatre Ltd will use £297642 over three years to give vulnerable people and those with complex needs from Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil a safe space to have a voice and learn from ....more Spectacle Theatre Ltd will use £297642 over three years to give vulnerable people and those with complex needs from Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil a safe space to have a voice and learn from each other through workshops participatory theatre and training. The project aims to reduce isolation improve connections and wellbeing; and enable participants to increase skills to access pathways to employment volunteering education and training.
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - Memories
£9,823	19/04/2021	Spectacle Theatre Ltd in Rhondda Cynon Taf will use the grant of £9823 to work with older people and younger people in their community to create events that will help them to overcome the challenges ....more Spectacle Theatre Ltd in Rhondda Cynon Taf will use the grant of £9823 to work with older people and younger people in their community to create events that will help them to overcome the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Spectacle Theatre Ltd
£18,322	09/09/2020 6	COVID19 - This drama project will engage with children and young people who have been isolated by Covid-19 and live in a disadvantaged area. They will feel less isolated, improve their self-belief, ....more COVID19 - This drama project will engage with children and young people who have been isolated by Covid-19 and live in a disadvantaged area. They will feel less isolated, improve their self-belief, and be better able to express themselves.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£14,758	30/06/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	24/01/2018	Out Of Control
National Lottery Community Fund - Creating Progress
£242,986	29/11/2017 36	Creating Progress
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards employing a creative facilitator
£1,500	23/03/2017	Towards employing a creative facilitator to deliver a creative participatory project.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Spectacle Theatre Company
£11,400	28/09/2012	the salary of the Creative Facilitator

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 26-64

ALLYSON GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Self Employed

JAMES WATT-REES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Community Worker

JEREMY JAMES COCKRAM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Actor

MARK STEVENSON (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: It Manager, Other trusteeship: THE CAMBRIAN VILLAGE TRUST LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/11/1996, number: 1059118
Registered at Companies House on 08/04/1981, number: 01555311

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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; AR18: 125 days late, AR06: 1 days late,

Main office

Welsh Hills Works
Jenkin Street
PORTH
Mid Glamorgan
CF39 9PP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE EDCUATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL THEATRE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION IN THE SAID ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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