Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

TRAVELLING LIGHT THEATRE COMPANY 

Travelling Light creates outstanding theatre for and with young people that inspires their thinking, engages their emotions and fires their imaginations. We create high quality professional shows for young audiences which tour and nationally and internationally. Our wide ranging participation programme includes youth theatre, creative learning, community engagement and employability projects.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
Established: 26 years
(33 years as a company)

www.travellinglighttheatre.org.uk

admin@travellinglighttheatre.org.uk

01173773166

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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£485£425£60n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/22£374£334£40n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/21£293£269£24n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£468£406£62n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/19£427£446£-19n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/18£492£430£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£468£418£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£359£378£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£417£400£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£374£348£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£328£316£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£284£298£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£275£259£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£401£353£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£438£392£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£309£296£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£322£308£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£299£324£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£351£334£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£263£269£-6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 9 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£108,500
DCMS£70,738
BBC Children in Need£30,442
National Lottery Community Fund£19,894
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Travelling Light Theatre Company
£250 11/11/2021
As requested by the donor towards theatre with and for children & young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - ActionSpeak
£9,932 24/09/2021
The funding will be used to support a weekly group for young people aged 16-25 with disabilities in Bristol. The project aims to help young people to develop self-expression skills and friendships ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Travelling Light Theatre Company
£600 17/09/2021
As approved by the High Sheriff towards holiday activities for young people
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Travelling Light Theatre Company
£250 31/08/2021
Funding for ActionSpeak and Louder than Words.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Travelling Light Theatre Company
£30,442 30/07/2021
This project will provide drama group sessions for disabled children and young people. The performance based activities will help to reduce feelings of isolation, increase their confidence, ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Light up School Learning: An arts-based inquiry
£108,500 08/03/2021
Travelling Light Theatre will work with five Bristol schools to support teachers to explore how drama-based learning can develop oracy and emotional literacy, supporting wellbeing and addressing ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,986 28/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Travelling Light Theatre Company
£2,853 22/05/2020
A creative outreach programme for 30 young people with additional needs and disabilities to reduce isolation and support wellbeing during social distancing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Travelling Light holiday and community programme
£9,962 22/04/2020
8
The funding will be used to run a number of creative holiday workshop activities and informal learning for children under 7 yrs of age who have limited options outside of school to playlearn and ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£30,376 01/04/2019
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£30,376 01/04/2019
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£30,376 27/04/2017
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£30,376 27/04/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£30,376 27/04/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£22,782 27/04/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£22,782 27/04/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Hillstories
£4,500 13/03/2017
16
Towards intergenerational activities in preparation for the Barton Hill Festival.
National Lottery Community Fund - Barton Hill Festival
£9,258 01/02/2017
12
This group will use the funding to host a one-day family festival consisting of a range of performances, cultural activities and food from around the world. This will encourage young people, ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Travelling Light Theatre Company
£28,000 02/06/2015
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the salary of the participation director to increase participation and outreach to young people for a theatre company in Bristol
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Travelling Light Theatre Company
£22,600 05/11/2014
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-72
  • JENNY FARMER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Outreach, Easton Community Children'S Centre
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/10/1997, number: 1065012
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/09/1990, number: 02539087
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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR12: 12 days late,
Main office

Travelling Light
Wellspring Settlement
43 Ducie Road
BRISTOL
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BS5 0AX

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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