Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£352£349£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£485£425£60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£374£334£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£293£269£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£468£406£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£492£430£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£468£418£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£359£378£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£417£400£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£374£348£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£328£316£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£284£298£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£275£259£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£401£353£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£438£392£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£309£296£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£322£308£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£299£324£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£351£334£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£263£269£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years
(34 years as a company)

www.travellinglighttheatre.org.uk

admin@travellinglighttheatre.org.uk

01173773166

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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
BBC Children in Need£30,942
Postcode Local Trust£19,984
National Lottery Community Fund£19,894
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
DCMS£9,986
The Coutts Foundation£7,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Local Trust - Project Funding
£19,984 30/06/2023
Funding helped to deliver a programme of creative holiday activities and drama workshops for children in the Barton Hill area of Bristol
The Coutts Foundation - Travelling Light Theatre Company cost of living grant2
£3,500 15/06/2023
4
An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 09/12/2022
Lighting Up Imaginations: Access to Theatre and Creative Activities for Children and Young People in Bristol.
The Coutts Foundation - Travelling Light Theatre Company cost of living grant
£3,500 17/11/2022
6
An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Travelling Light Theatre Company
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
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 through drama activities and in turn improve their ....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
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, self-esteem and mental well-being.
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 inequality of opportunity which affects educational ....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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....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 socialise. The project aims to help address social ....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 the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....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 the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....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 the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....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 the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....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, community members and professionals to volunteer and ....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 (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-73
  • DR JOANNA ELEANOR CROSS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Actor And Freelance Researcher
  • IAN STICKLAND Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Theatre Consultant
  • MATIMBA SWANA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Phd Student
  • OMEYOMA SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing
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

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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