Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

IMMEDIATE THEATRE 

Aims Provide participatory theatre programmes enabling young people at high risk to reach their potentialOffer a theatre programme for young audiences which explores social issues enabling them to engage in the process of changeImprove employability for young people and create pathways to employment Support the involvement of young people in decision making and to develop community leaders
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
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
Established: 27 years

www.immediate-theatre.com

info@immediate-theatre.com

02076823031

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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£983£751£232£6£351£2093.3208
31/03/22£700£645£55£6£119£951.81310
31/03/21£436£418£18n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/20£304£312£-8n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£331£315£16n/an/an/an/an/a17
31/03/18£273£270£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£291£272£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£235£225£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£372£443£-71£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£487£452£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£412£469£-57£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£499£457£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£735£742£-7£4£57£470.8140
31/03/10£714£713£1£4£64£350.6130
31/03/09£625£604£21£3£63£350.7130
31/03/08*£488£484£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£336£352£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£265£242£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£215£221£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£200£187£13£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 60%
Reserves/Spending: 3.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 5.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
  • 8 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
Henry Smith Charity£353,000
National Lottery Community Fund£250,625
National Lottery Heritage Fund£249,500
Greater London Authority£149,897
BBC Children in Need£54,710
Hackney Council£48,615
Power to Change£25,985
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hackney Council - Grant to Immediate Theatre
£11,000 20/04/2023
A theatre performance created and performed by active older people (65+) touring to lunch/social clubs and sheltered accommodation providing much needed entertainment for vulnerable older people and ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Immediate Theatre
£249,500 19/04/2023
Voices of Change
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Immediate Theatre
£105,000 08/02/2023
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of the 'Pathways to Employment' project, providing drama-based support and skills development for BAME women and young people in the ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Immediate Theatre
£78,000 17/05/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing a weekly drop-in and therapeutic support for women who have experienced domestic abuse, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in East London.
Hackney Council - Grant to Immediate Theatre
£7,615 13/05/2022
Hackney Social Audio is an inter-generational programme of arts activities stimulating creative exchange between Hackney’s diverse communities, including workshops for older and younger people ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Immediate Theatre - 17/06/21
£1,000 07/07/2021
Theatre Exchange
National Lottery Community Fund - Estate based Youth Theatre
£250,625 17/06/2021
The group is using funding to create and deliver a long-term strategy to sustain and develop a free Estate based Youth Theatre (EbYT) programme which is an arts based social action project working ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to Immediate Theatre
£30,000 24/03/2021
12
Wave 5 (Core): This funding will enable us to better support young BAME people by providing expert therapeutic support / clinical supervision for frontline staff working with young people in trauma, ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Immediate Theatre
£65,000 23/10/2020
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing 33 weekly programmes for Hackney Social Radio, designed to support isolated older people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, in the London ....more
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Immediate Theatre
£25,985 15/10/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Immediate Theatre
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Immediate Theatre
£54,710 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This project will deliver a weekly Youth Theatre programme for young people from low income families disproportionately affected by Covid-19. This will improve their emotional wellbeing, ....more
Greater London Authority - Immediate Theatre
£149,897 01/01/2020
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards drama workshops for young people
£1,800 15/11/2019
Towards the costs of drama workshops for young people in disadvantaged areas of Hackney.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Immediate Theatre
£105,000 11/09/2019
36
towards three years' running costs of a project using drama to support employability and skills development for BME women and young people in the London Borough of Hackney
National Lottery Community Fund - Speech Bubbles in Hackney
£3,962 31/08/2018
12
The aim of this project is to encourage the development of children's communication skills by providing speech therapy and drama sessions.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Immediate Theatre
£60,000 11/10/2016
36
This project will provide youth theatre sessions to young people living on the Kingsmead Estate in Hackney to help improve their communication skills, confidence and self-esteem and relationships ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2013
£2,600 18/12/2013
The project will provide the opportunity for young people and adult volunteers living in one of the most deprived areas of London to participate in free drama activities, developing skills and ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Immediate Theatre
£48,200 09/10/2013
Dont stop the music: an intergenerational exploration of 'going out dancing' in the UK
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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: 27-73
  • ANTHONY LEE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Project Manager
  • PAUL SMITH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Investment Banker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/03/1997, number: 1061522
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/10/1996, number: 03272271
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
  • 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; AR08: 17 days late, AR07: 24 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 60 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Immediate Theatre
Unit 1
Sidings House
10 Andre Street
LONDON
E8 2AA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO THE DRAMATIC ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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