Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 7

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 0

BILLINGHAM INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVAL LIMITED

to preserve and advance public education in and appreciation of traditional and contemporary folk dance, music, song and other related traditions, crafts and folk arts from all countries of the World

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 25 years

www.billinghamfestival.co.uk

info@billinghamfestival.co.uk

01642553220

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	*	£25	£43	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£129	£120	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/21		£96	£58	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/20		£193	£197	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/19		£164	£165	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/18		£177	£175	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£150	£151	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£165	£162	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£182	£182	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£161	£160	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£180	£180	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£176	£175	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£156	£162	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£146	£135	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£157	£151	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£165	£164	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£143	£141	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£134	£140	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£160	£16	£144	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£151	£148	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

How it operates

Provides human resources

Where it operates

Stockton-on-tees,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Canvas of Billingham Town
£10,000	12/03/2021 6	The project will use the funding to provide traditional arts and cultural activities from around the world through social media activities and digital presentations for the local community of ....more The project will use the funding to provide traditional arts and cultural activities from around the world through social media activities and digital presentations for the local community of Billingham including families. This aims to reduce isolation and improve mental health and wellbeing which has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
DCMS - Billingham Festival Overture
£40,900	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - The Journey in Quest of Harmony
£9,900	21/06/2018 12	The group will engage with the local community, particularly schoolchildren, to promote a message of harmony through music, performance and visual arts with the aim of encouraging tolerance, equality ....more The group will engage with the local community, particularly schoolchildren, to promote a message of harmony through music, performance and visual arts with the aim of encouraging tolerance, equality and understanding.
Sport England - Billingham Dance Triathlon
£6,660	07/06/2017 12	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Billingham Dance Triathlon. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
County Durham Community Foundation - Billingham Festival Young Volunteers
£5,000	26/04/2017	Towards the Billingham Festival Young Volunteers project.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Billingham International Folklore Festival Ltd
£10,000	24/03/2017	Billingham World Explorers- celebrating 250th Anniversary of Captain Wallis discovering Tahiti and Captain Cook expeditions

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-89

DANIELLE MARIE CUTLER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Accountant

ELIZABETH CROOT Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Teacher Retired

KATHRYN LINDA O'DONNELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: School Teacher

LISA MALONEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Administrator

OLGA MALONEY Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Linguist

ROBERT COOK CLLR (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeships: ROPNER TRUST, ST. ANN'S PARTNERSHIP LIMITED, NORTON GLEBE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION,

SUSAN MARY TAYLOR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Administrator

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/08/1999, number: 1077067
Registered at Companies House on 05/02/1999, number: 03708860

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 68 days late, AR16: 2 days late,

Main office

BIFF Ltd
Stockton Business Centre
70 Brunswick Street
Stockton on Tees

Objectives

TO PRESERVE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY FOLK DANCE, MUSIC, SONG AND RELATED TRADITIONS, CRAFTS AND FOLK ARTS FROM ALL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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