Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

    PLAY TO THE CROWD 

    Play to the Crowd Ltd (trading as Theatre Royal Winchester) is a 400 seat regional theatre situated in Winchester City providing a professional programme of mixed genre performances, and is the base for Hat Fair, street arts festival. The theatre also includes a Participation and Learning Department and facilities for hire.
    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
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

    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£2,266£2,437£-171£195£1,059£7683.821150
    31/03/22£1,927£1,863£64£0£1,229£7965.122100
    31/03/21£1,658£1,059£599£86£1,166£6387.225102
    31/03/20£2,522£2,129£393£151£567£1630.932214
    31/03/19£2,146£2,027£119£0£174£174129193
    31/03/18£1,947£1,805£143£0£55£550.4260
    31/03/17£1,724£1,728£-4£80£-88£-88-0.6220
    31/03/16£1,568£1,592£-24£69£-65£-65-0.5190
    31/03/15£1,737£1,750£-13£105£-26£-26-0.2200
    31/03/14£1,476£1,490£-14£107£-13£-13-0.1190
    31/03/13£1,254£1,242£12£108£1£10190
    31/03/12£1,246£1,304£-58£117£-9£-11-0.1190
    31/03/11£1,312£1,315£-3£101£49£370.3150
    31/03/10*£1,226£1,193£32£85£52£350.3180
    31/03/09*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/08*£1,127£1,148£-22£89£44£250.3180
    31/03/07£1,170£1,126£44£88£66£490.5180
    31/03/06£1,116£1,100£16£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£962£973£-11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£980£1,011£-31£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.1%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 40%
    Liabilities/Income: 31%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 73%
    Reserves/Spending: 3.8 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.7
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 25 years

    playtothecrowd.co.uk

    accounts@playtothecrowd.co.uk

    01962 844600

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Performing and visual arts
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Hampshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 21 employees
    • 150 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
    DCMS£712,453
    Garfield Weston Foundation£205,865
    Wolfson Foundation£0
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    DCMS - Transition Fund
    £79,702 02/02/2023
    In recognition of the challenges facing organisations leaving the National Portfolio and as a way of improving the support we provide to them, we will provide a transition period for those who were ....more
    Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Live Theatre Winchester Trust
    £0 09/12/2021
    Grant of £20,000 towards theatre-wide upgrade to LED lighting. Grant paid via Theatres Trust (22870)
    DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
    £109,567 22/10/2021
    To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
    £205,865 05/02/2021
    Weston Culture Fund
    DCMS - ACE Loneliness Fund
    £28,928 18/01/2021
    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
    DCMS - NPO Application 2018/19 - 2021/22
    £136,627 01/04/2020
    The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
    DCMS - Play to the Crowd Culture Recovery Fund Application
    £219,134 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    DCMS - Play to the Crowd Culture Recovery Fund Round 2 Application
    £109,567 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    DCMS - Celebrating Age Loneliness Projects
    £28,928 01/04/2020
    The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Live Theatre Winchester Trust
    £9,900 25/04/2019
    Home Fires- The stories of women and children during WW2
    The Foyle Foundation - Arts
    £20,000 25/04/2019
    towards phase one of improvement works to this Edwardian Theatre
    National Lottery Community Fund - Woolly Hat Fair 2017
    £9,500 11/10/2017
    12
    The project will run ten bespoke pieces of visual art including live performances and visual art installations as part of a community art fair within Winchester city centre in partnerships with ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Live Theatre Winchester Trust
    £10,000 17/01/2014
    Theatre Royal Winchester centenary project
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (11)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 10/11 persons

    Age Range of Trustees: 26-67
    • SHAUN STACEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Human Resources Director
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/08/1999, number: 1077139
    • Registered at Companies House on 18/01/1999, number: 03696681
    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
    • Paying staff
    • 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; AR10: 135 days late, AR09: 345 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR04: 63 days late,
    Main office

    Theatre Royal
    22-23 Jewry Street
    Winchester
    SO23 8SB

    Objectives

    THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE CULTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN DRAMA, MIME, OPERA, SINGING MUSIC, DANCE, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, CINEMA, LITERATURE AND THE OTHER ARTS

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE HAMPSHIRE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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