Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 5

THE LIVEWIRE TRUST

Livewire runs weekly drama, dance and music workshops in Harlow for young people developing theatre pieces to be delivered in local primary schools and performances in the local theatre.

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Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 20 years

www.livewiretheatre.co.uk

livewiretheatre@live.com

079174241647

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
05/04/23	*	£91	£80	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
05/04/22		£69	£79	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
05/04/21		£59	£57	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
05/04/20	*	£66	£54	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
05/04/19	*	£16	£36	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
05/04/18		£39	£18	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/17		£33	£27	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16		£18	£23	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15		£29	£25	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/14		£24	£33	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/13		£40	£32	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/12		£25	£27	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/11		£23	£18	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/10		£17	£19	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/09	*	£24	£25	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/08		£18	£16	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07?		£14	£13	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06?		£17	£5	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£1	£9	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£228,763
Essex Community Foundation	£21,756
The Foyle Foundation	£15,000
Co-Operative Group	£1,763

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£15,000	28/11/2023	towards staffing costs for artistic outreach work in primary schools in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Livewire Trust
£576	14/02/2023	to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Livewire Trust
£5,760	14/04/2022	to run a theatre project with young people in Harlow to help transform toxic masculinity
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Livewire Trust
£1,763	23/10/2021	We wish to expand our capacity, allowing us to offer free sessions to more young people in our town, giving them a safe space to support their mental health and wellbeing whilst learning new skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out
£182,700	15/03/2021 38	The funding will help support their work delivering free workshops in Drama Dance Music and Mindfulness in Harlow Essex. The aim is to create positive friendships help increase confidence improve ....more The funding will help support their work delivering free workshops in Drama Dance Music and Mindfulness in Harlow Essex. The aim is to create positive friendships help increase confidence improve self-esteem self-motivation teamwork as well as raising aspirations.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out
£9,660	06/11/2020 6	The funding will be used to deliver weekly physical and digital performance workshops for young people culminating in devising remote digital content. The project aims to increase resilience ....more The funding will be used to deliver weekly physical and digital performance workshops for young people culminating in devising remote digital content. The project aims to increase resilience improving mental health and wellbeing and encourage community participation.
Essex Community Foundation - The Big Summer Theatre Challenge
£7,520	01/04/2020 1	to support the costs of an organisation running theatre workshops and projects for young people in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - Stronger Together
£4,700	25/10/2019 15	To run drama workshops for young people focusing on serious youth violence in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - The Livewire Theatre Challenge
£3,200	13/06/2019 0	To support the costs of a summer Theatre Challenge for young people in Harlow
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP4 -Livewire ? Community Theatre For Young People
£36,403	23/04/2019 12	TPP4- Livewire ' Community Theatre For Young People
Essex Community Foundation - The Livewire 'Clued Up' Project - Drug and Alcohol Awareness.
£4,900	13/09/2018 3	To run a series of theatre workshops, culminating in a public performance, around drugs and alcohol issues for young people in Harlow
National Lottery Community Fund - The Livewire Mindfullness Project
£8,775	21/02/2018 12	This project will run a variety of evening mindfulness workshops for young people with mental health issues, culminating in the participants creating and performing a piece of theatre based around ....more This project will run a variety of evening mindfulness workshops for young people with mental health issues, culminating in the participants creating and performing a piece of theatre based around their experiences. The project will bring together young people of different ages, engage the wider community and help participants develop coping strategies to overcome their issues.
Essex Community Foundation - The Livewire Expansion, development and Training Project.
£8,813	09/10/2017 6	To expand and develop a Theatre project to younger people in Harlow
Essex Community Foundation - The Autumn .........
£4,750	02/06/2017 15	To enable older volunteers of Livewire Trust to deliver Mindfulness sessions to younger attendees with the whole group then delivering the message through theatre performance

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 11/12 persons

ABIGAIL CODY Appointed: 2018

ADAM JEFFERYS Appointed: 2018

CARRIE WEBSTER Appointed: 2015

GEMMA NICHOLSON (Chair) Appointed: 2018

INDIA BUSSON Appointed: 2018

JENNETTE FOX Appointed: 2018

JON STEWART Appointed: 2014

NEIL MALCOLM COSTER Appointed: 2018

REBECCA BIRD Appointed: 2013

REBECCA HAYES Appointed: 2018

REECE WEBB Appointed: 2014

RORY MARK DAVIES Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/07/2004, number: 1104838

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR23: 9 days late, AR20: 10 days late, AR19: 2 days late, AR09: 39 days late, AR05: 82 days late,

Main office

The Livewire Trust
Harlow Playhouse
Playhouse Square
HARLOW
Essex
CM20 1LS

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX BY THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES CONNECTED TO THEATRE AND DRAMA SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES, THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX

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