Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THE KINGS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED

To refurbish, restore and to operate the King's Theatre, Southsea as a venue for professional and amateur organisations. To educate and entertain all groups regardless of age, gender or religion.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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
31/08/23£3,108£2,529£580£0£1,851£1,8478.83419
31/08/22£2,674£1,845£829£0£1,272£1,2678.23630
31/08/21£1,153£1,350£-197£0£443£4223.8290
31/08/20£1,908£2,007£-99£0£640£5983.64910
31/08/19*£2,434£2,069£364£0£740£686440100
31/08/18£1,918£1,653£265£0£375£3752.7340
31/08/17£1,489£1,424£64£110£110£1100.9350
31/08/16£1,275£1,312£-36£58£46£450.4350
31/08/15£1,376£1,362£14£85£82£760.7350
31/08/14£1,244£1,343£-99£77£69£480.4340
31/08/13£1,227£1,211£16£272£167£1221.2360
31/08/12£1,114£1,112£2£218£151£1121.2360
31/08/11£1,082£1,014£68£232£149£951.11030
31/08/10£1,032£986£45£63£82£821900
31/08/09£1,055£1,141£-87£967£37£370.4860
31/08/08£1,175£1,162£13£897£123£1231.3780
31/08/07£1,292£1,314£-22£976£110£1101290
31/08/06*£1,368£1,335£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£1,058£1,032£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£837£779£58n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 46%
Liabilities/Income: 51%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 8.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

www.kingsportsmouth.co.uk

accounts@kings-southsea.com

02392852205

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Portsmouth City, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to King's Theatre, Portsmouth
£13,000 26/05/2022
Victorian Theatres Small Repairs Fund
DCMS - Kings Theatre Portsmouth
£345,861 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Overhead support
£172,931 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£10,000 14/02/2019
towards replacing the original safety curtain
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to The Kings Theatre Trust Ltd
£10,235 13/02/2019
3
Kings Theatre Restoration - damaged glass windows and brass handrails
National Lottery Community Fund - Making a Drama! Performance workshops for 65+
£9,990 13/12/2017
12
This project will work with partners to offer creative workshops and performance opportunities for older people and those with dementia. It will also provide dementia related training for people, including carers and the wider community, to improve ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-86
  • DAVID TERENCE GANT Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
  • DAMON TREVOR REPTON (Chair) Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Technical Consultant
  • DR HUGH LAURENCE MASON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • GARETH JAMES MORGAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • GRAEME BRIAN QUAR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Waste Recycling Director
  • MR RON HASKER, Occupation: Company Director
  • MARIE OGUGUA COSTA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • PAUL IAN WOOLF Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director
  • ROBERT ANDREW CHARLES PECK Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Marketing Manager
  • JANE PRESCOTT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/08/2001, number: 1088254
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/04/2000, number: 03983443
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR19: 27 days late, AR06: 3 days late,
Main office

KINGS THEATRE
ALBERT ROAD
SOUTHSEA
PO5 2QJ

Objectives

THE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, RESTITUTION, PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE KINGS THEATRE, SOUTHSEA, HAMPSHIRE; PROMOTION OF EDUCATION IN ARTS; AND PROMOTION OF THE ARTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE KINGS THEATRE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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