Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 13

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 15

SCENE AND HEARD

Mentoring project partnering the children of Somers Town, London with volunteer theatre professionals to create theatre. Delivers drama and playwriting projects, working one-to-one, with the aim of boosting self-esteem, raising aspirations, improving literacy, social and communication skills. Committed to maintaining long-term relationships with children, families and the Somers Town community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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: 25 years

www.sceneandheard.org

mail@sceneandheard.org

02073889009

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
30/04/23		£479	£375	£105	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
30/04/22		£419	£249	£171	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	380
30/04/21		£289	£172	£117	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	380
30/04/20		£286	£223	£62	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	350
30/04/19		£232	£198	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	350
30/04/18		£199	£181	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17		£151	£166	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16		£215	£162	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15		£183	£147	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/14		£201	£143	£57	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/13		£159	£132	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/12		£130	£132	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/11		£152	£122	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/10		£112	£120	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/09		£105	£115	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/08		£128	£104	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/07	*	£45	£58	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/06		£66	£80	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/05		£87	£90	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/04	*	£110	£77	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Camden,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of 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

John Lyon's Charity	£146,900
Backstage Trust	£33,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£30,000
BBC Children in Need	£29,888
The Foyle Foundation	£15,000
Camden Giving	£9,720

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Backstage Trust - Programme Costs grant
£30,000	09/02/2023	Primary school playwriting programme in Somers Town
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Scene & Heard
£6,000	17/12/2022	Cost-of-Living Uplift
John Lyon's Charity - Recovery grant to Scene & Heard
£22,000	17/11/2022	Scene & Heard HQ Refurbishment
Backstage Trust - Core grant
£3,000	28/07/2022	Playwriting and performance programme for young people in Somers Town
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	22/04/2022	Multi Year Core Costs
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scene & Heard
£29,888	31/01/2022	Playwriting and performance courses for children and young people who live in an area of high deprivation. Activities will improve children and young people's confidence, literacy and communciation ....more Playwriting and performance courses for children and young people who live in an area of high deprivation. Activities will improve children and young people's confidence, literacy and communciation skills and family relationships.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000	16/09/2021	towards core costs of youth arts charity
John Lyon's Charity - Cultural Capital grant to Scene & Heard
£28,900	14/07/2021	Playmaking One Autumn 2021 & Summer 2022
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Scene & Heard
£90,000	10/03/2021 36	Core Costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	18/06/2019	Core Costs 2019-2020
Camden Giving - Playmaking One Autumn 2019
£9,720	30/04/2019 10	The project is a Playmaking One course in summer term 2019. The funds supported the culmination of the course, the production and performance of each child’s play for a capacity audience. The ....more The project is a Playmaking One course in summer term 2019. The funds supported the culmination of the course, the production and performance of each child’s play for a capacity audience. The courses culminated in the Writing Weekend where each child, supported by their adult mentor, wrote their own two-character play for performance.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the Replay Course
£1,500	14/11/2018	Towards the Replay Course for disadvantaged children in Somers Town.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scene & Heard
£48,293	27/06/2018 36	Playwriting and performance courses for children and young people who live in an area of high deprivation. Activities will improve children and young people's confidence, communication skills and ....more Playwriting and performance courses for children and young people who live in an area of high deprivation. Activities will improve children and young people's confidence, communication skills and family relationships.
Camden Giving - Playmaking One Summer 2018 - Production
£7,527	22/05/2018 14	The project is the first course where each newly referred child is paired with a volunteer theatre professional for eight weekly after-school classes culminating in the Writing Weekend. The child, ....more The project is the first course where each newly referred child is paired with a volunteer theatre professional for eight weekly after-school classes culminating in the Writing Weekend. The child, supported by their adult mentor, writes their own two-character play for performance.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	26/09/2017	Scene & Heard Core Funding
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the course and production costs for Our Playmaking One course
£1,500	31/07/2014	Towards the course and production costs for Our Playmaking One course running in autumn 2014 for under-privileged children in Somers Town, Camden.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Help underprivileged children in Camden write and perform their own plays.
£1,500	04/02/2014	To help underprivileged children in Camden write and perform their own plays.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Scene & Heard
£20,000	30/06/2011	the salary costs of the Artistic Director

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-58

ANDREW PORTER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Architect

ANTHONY OBIEZEKPAZU Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

DAVID STEWART Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Associate Partner

EMILY GISELLE PLOSKER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Associate, Other trusteeship: FRIENDS OF BOWES PTA,

EMMA JANE BELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Television Producer

JOHN NEVIN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Lawyer, Other trusteeships: PEMBROKE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE MISSION, PEMBROKE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT,

JAMES PATRICK JOHN O'SHEA Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Teacher

JOANNE MILLARD Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Civil Servant, Other trusteeship: ARTIS FOUNDATION,

JOHN MORRIS ERIC ROLPH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Social Worker

KEITH DAVID ACKERMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Managing Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/10/1999, number: 1077836
Registered at Companies House on 28/04/1999, number: 03761808

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR07: 1 days late, AR04: 29 days late,

Main office

128A Chalton Street
LONDON
NW1 1RX

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE CHILDREN OF THE COMMUNITY OF SOMERSTOWN, LONDON BY THE TEACHING AND PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA AND PLAYWRITING

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOMERSTOWN, LONDON

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