Overall GiG Score: 19 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 11
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

SPID THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED 

To advance education for the public benefit by the promotion of the arts and to advance citizenship and community development by making the community rooms and activities available to residents of kensal house estate and the surrounding neighbourhood for skills workshops, events and recreation which improve the quality of their lives, regardless of their race, class, background or gender.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £909,562 available, equivalent to 26 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Established: 21 years

www.spidtheatre.com

office@spidtheatre.com

0208 968 2961

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
30/06/22£715£423£292£0£915£91025.8110
30/06/21?£712£304£408£0£635£46818.570
30/09/20?£745£615£130£0£227£1743.440
05/04/19*£325£332£-7n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/18£225£173£52£0£0£0n/a08
05/04/17£129£147£-18£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16£172£153£20£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15£178£168£10£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14£112£125£-13£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£161£151£9£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/12£129£123£6£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11£116£115£1£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10£127£115£12£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09£116£102£13£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/08£60£50£10£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07£17£14£3£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/06£17£17£0£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05£14£16£-2£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04£12£10£2£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 25.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 22 months
Quick Ratio: 62.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 11 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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
Power to Change£267,960
DCMS£198,750
City Bridge Trust£178,104
John Lyon's Charity£87,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£75,000
National Lottery Community Fund£56,362
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
BBC Children in Need£28,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Power to Change - SPID THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to SPID THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED (RCF)
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to S.P.I.D Theatre Company
£87,000 17/11/2022
Estate of Play
National Lottery Community Fund - Solidarity Songs
£46,912 03/03/2022
The project aims to empower those discriminated against by poor insecure or due-to-be demolished housing rent poverty or negligent landlords by giving them the skills they need to advocate for ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Kensal magazine
£9,450 15/10/2021
The funding will be used to produce print and distribute a magazine made by local residents there will also be workshops and training given. The project aims to foster community spirit and pride ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 11/06/2021
Estate of Play
City Bridge Trust - Grant to SPID Theatre Company Ltd
£47,764 22/04/2021
towards overheads, training and staffing outlined in your application
DCMS - Kensal House Community Rooms
£18,150 23/11/2020
Project development work to inform urgent repair work
DCMS - CRF20: SPID Theatre Company
£100,600 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
City Bridge Trust - Grant to SPID Theatre Company Ltd
£40,340 11/09/2020
towards the costs outlined in your application to support disadvantaged social housing residents.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£80,000 26/08/2020
"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 ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£16,000 10/07/2020
6
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to SPID Theatre Company
£90,000 22/04/2020
£90,000 towards the cost of disability access works to Kensal House Estate Community Rooms.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to S.P.I.D. Theatre Company
£28,500 19/11/2019
36
This project will provide interactive production sessions to young people who are at risk of school exclusion and criminal exploitation. They will build positive relationships, feel more positively ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to SPID
£75,000 27/06/2019
refurbishment of community rooms for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in London
Power to Change - SPID Theatre Company Ltd
£257,960 22/05/2019
36
Grant to SPID Theatre Company Ltd
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000 25/04/2019
towards Estate of Play, restoration and expansion of community rooms for arts and mixed use
National Lottery Community Fund - Estate Voices
£9,500 27/03/2019
12
The project will deliver networking sessions for residents of a housing estate. The aim is to empower people to discuss issues within the local community and the impact they have on the quality of ....more
Sport England - Refurbishment of Kensel House Community Rooms
£100,000 13/11/2018
35
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Refurbishment of Kensel House Community Rooms. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus ....more
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Refurbishment of Kensel House Community Rooms
£100,000 13/11/2018
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Refurbishment of Kensel House Community Rooms'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to S.P.I.D. Theatre Company
£80,124 27/06/2018
36
Arts and heritage sessions for young people affected by the Grenfell fire or at risk of being NEET.Young people will increase their creative abilities and understanding of the heritage of their home ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to SPID Theatre Company
£949,900 14/06/2018
Sharing Social Housings' History: Restoring Kensal House Estate's Community Rooms
Trust for London - S.P.I.D. Theatre Company
£60,000 06/06/2018
36
The funding is for SPID’s Estate Voices. Through free weekly campaigning and networking sessions with our outreach officer and our marketing officer, we will connect estate communities and help ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SPID's Community Relaunch
£500,000 24/05/2018
35
This project will refurbish and extend the existing community rooms at Kensal House providing an additional community room for the local and wider community to use. The space will host a range of ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a history project for socially isolated people
£1,000 23/04/2018
Towards a history project for socially isolated people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Estate of Community
£9,400 07/03/2018
12
This project will deliver an audio walking tour activity that is designed to support people living on the Grenfell Tower estate. This will improve levels of wellbeing by enabling residents to discuss ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SPID's Community Relaunch
£10,000 11/05/2017
12
This project is a feasibility study to determine further funding into reconfiguring the layout of their community rooms to create additional workshop and community space. This will allow the group to ....more
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Activity Hub Relaunch
£17,180 25/01/2017
Towards the refurbishment of Kensal House Estate's community rooms located in a deprived ward in London, and enable SPID Theatre Company to provide programmes to increase the number of inactive ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to S.P.I.D. Theatre Company
£27,762 11/11/2016
36
This project will deliver drama and media sessions to children and young people experiencing local deprivation. The children and young people will gain essential skills, develop positive ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to SPID Theatre Company
£4,000 23/09/2015
£4,000 for the costs of providing a supper club over 12 weeks, including training sessions for local residents who will be providing the suppers.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to SPID Theatre Company
£34,100 04/08/2015
Reimagining Cheltenham
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to SPID Theatre Company
£25,000 22/10/2013
Towards costs associated with organisational development and developing youth-led, site-specific theatre projects on housing estates.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 25-80
  • HELEN ATKINS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Equalities Advocate
  • LECIA LAIDLAW Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Drama Teacher/Facilitator
  • PAUL GARDNER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Regeneration Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/05/2003, number: 1097344
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/06/2002, number: 04466287
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 19 days late,
Main office

Kensal House estate community rooms
Ladbroke Grove
London
W10 5BQ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA AND TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY MAKING COMMUNITY ROOMS AVAILABLE FOR THE USE OF RESIDENTS OF THE KENSAL HOUSE ESTATE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR (A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND (B) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

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