Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

MONTAGE THEATRE ARTS

MTA provides a wide range of community courses for ages 3 - 86 years in acting, singing and dancing in south-east London, produces art and performance work with non-professional performers and creates new professional artwork specialising in physical and digital performance.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/23*£246£244£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£229£209£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£203£176£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£215£215£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£197£185£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£168£158£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£140£146£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£172£160£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£102£103£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£127£148£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£113£135£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£130£127£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£163£112£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£118£112£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£121£128£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£101£99£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£93£92£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£96£94£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£106£106£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

www.montagetheatre.com

office@montagetheatre.com

0208 692 7007

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lewisham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£43,233
The Foyle Foundation£19,000
The Childhood Trust£15,500
The London Community Foundation£8,967
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£19,000 10/07/2023
towards the development and expansion of the subsidised and free spaces programmes offered to low-income families
The Childhood Trust - C-59275
£3,000 28/06/2022
8 weeks of free holiday courses for children who need it most. Learning through fun, friendship and getting to perform in front of friends and family at the end of the week keeps them off the streets and gets them engaged and inspired. This work ....more
The Childhood Trust - Staying Resilient
£3,000 22/06/2021
Giving Lewisham's children free access to learning through theatre and the arts. Montage makes sure that our community of families have free resources so their children can learn through fun, build their confidence, stay in touch with friends and ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Montage Theatre Arts
£8,967 12/02/2021
5
The funding will create a mental health and wellbeing programme to support all our stakeholders. We aim to train all our key staff in Mental Health First Aid and, with a registered drama therapist, establish a programme over six months that will ....more
The Childhood Trust - Festive FUN-draiser
£3,000 08/12/2020
Creativity isn't just for Christmas. Give access to the arts for Lewisham's children and young people. Proven to build confidence, foster friendships and give them a creative outlet in a safe space. You're funding a minimum of 10 FREE Saturday ....more
The Childhood Trust - Keep Montage Open 2020
£4,000 03/07/2020
For over 20 years, Montage has been an alternative to the streets for children who need a safe place to learn through fun, build confidence, make new friends and explore their imaginations. Now we need your help to stay alive and continue that work!
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Montage Theatre Arts
£15,370 17/06/2020
£15,370 towards three months of costs as outlined in your application, excluding rent and overheads.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Refugee Women's Association
£27,863 17/06/2020
£27,863 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners.
The Childhood Trust - Festive FUN-draiser!
£2,500 10/12/2019
Creativity isn't just for Christmas. Give access to the arts for Lewisham's children and young people. Proven to build confidence, foster friendships and give them a creative outlet in a safe space. You're funding 10 FREE Saturday School and 30 FREE ....more
The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2019
£2,500 17/06/2019
CREATIVITY CHANGES CHILDREN'S LIVES! ACT! DANCE! SING! This Summer, 72 children get to fly with Peter Pan, explore Aladdin's cave or recreate Movie magic in three weeks of Summer courses.
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£2,500 04/12/2018
Creativity isn't just for Christmas. Giving access to the arts to Lewisham's children and young people. Proven to build confidence, foster friendships and give children a creative outlet in a safe space. You're funding 10 FREE Saturday School ....more
The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2018
£2,500 15/06/2018
CREATIVITY CHANGES CHILDREN'S LIVES! ACT! DANCE! SING! This Summer, 72 children get to fly with Peter Pan, explore Aladdin's cave or recreate Movie magic in three weeks of Summer courses.
The Childhood Trust - Summer Sing 2019
£2,500 15/06/2018
CREATIVITY CHANGES CHILDREN'S LIVES! ACT! DANCE! SING! This Summer, 72 children get to fly with Peter Pan, explore Aladdin's cave or recreate Movie magic in three weeks of Summer courses.
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Cracker
£2,500 05/12/2017
Funding 40 bursaries to our holiday programmes and term-time Saturday School classes in acting, singing and dancing. This gives access to children/young people who need it most, regardless of social or financial background. Help us 'crack' the ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Montage Theatre Arts
£4,000 09/01/2014
£4,000 to match CEP funding towards the wage costs of 2 Apprentices for 1 year from October 2013.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-70
  • CATHRYN HOPKINS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor
  • HARRIET DARCEL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director Of Marketing
  • HARRIET MARGOLIES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Photographic Agent/Company Director
  • KATE JONES Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Freelance Producer And Consultant
  • LAURA DE POITIERS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Finance Manager
  • MARIAN CLEARY (Chair) Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Ceramics Manufacturer
  • MATTHEW HOUSDEN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Marketing Consultant
  • RAJAN JONEJA Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Banker
  • SINAN WAHEED Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Marketing Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/04/2004, number: 1103460
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/01/2004, number: 05020947
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
19 returns made; AR23: 28 days late,
Main office

Citibase
Tower House
65-71 Lewisham High Street
LONDON
SE13 5JX

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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