Finance Score: -9

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 7

Poor Liquidity: -1
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 3

ARCOLA THEATRE PRODUCTION COMPANY

One of the UK's foremost independent theatres, winning awards such as Peter Brook Empty Space, Time Out Live and Sustainable Cities. Regularly recognised as a leading UK force in professional theatre, Arcola also delivers extensive youth, community and voluntary programmes. The Arcola Energy project is pioneering the integration of arts, sciences and environmental sustainability.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

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
31/03/23		£1,002	£1,255	£-253	£0	£1,959	£150	1.4	11	0
31/03/22		£988	£1,321	£-333	£0	£2,212	£245	2.2	15	0
31/03/21	*	£1,408	£977	£431	£0	£2,544	£468	5.7	20	10
31/03/20	*	£1,754	£2,038	£-283	£0	£2,114	£21	0.1	14	15
31/03/19		£1,802	£1,871	£-69	£0	£2,397	£179	1.2	37	52
31/03/18	*	£1,349	£1,514	£-164	£37	£2,425	£110	0.9	12	0
31/03/17		£1,337	£1,496	£-159	£0	£2,590	£153	1.2	35	0
31/03/16		£1,124	£1,138	£-14	£0	£2,749	£190	2	12	0
31/03/15	*	£904	£963	£-59	£7	£2,763	£101	1.3	12	0
31/03/14	*	£1,085	£1,066	£19	£17	£2,822	£-23	-0.3	8	0
31/03/13	*	£3,510	£1,172	£2,337	£14	£2,677	£-234	-2.4	13	0
31/03/12	*	£1,053	£944	£109	£21	£339	£-9	-0.1	13	0
31/03/11	*	£1,400	£1,231	£169	£8	£230	£-156	-1.5	13	0
31/03/10		£1,093	£1,239	£-146	£5	£67	£-66	-0.6	16	0
31/03/09	*	£998	£1,041	£-43	£23	£212	£50	0.6	12	0
31/03/08		£778	£700	£78	£2	£255	£111	1.9	8	0
31/03/07		£515	£428	£87	£2	£177	£117	3.3	10	0
31/03/06?	*	£152	£133	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/05	*	£240	£169	£71	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 8%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5

Asset Split ?

Established: 19 years

www.arcolatheatre.com

boxoffice@arcolatheatre.com

02075031646

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Hackney,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

11 employees

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

DCMS	£751,530
Joseph Rowntree Foundation	£43,063
Hackney Council	£14,356

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Hackney Council - Grant to Arcola Theatre Production Company
£14,356	19/04/2023	Two free theatre training opportunities for 24 young people (18-25). Participants will be trained and mentored to create a play with and for primary school children celebrating Hackney's diverse ....more Two free theatre training opportunities for 24 young people (18-25). Participants will be trained and mentored to create a play with and for primary school children celebrating Hackney's diverse cultures.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Arcola Theatre
£43,063	28/11/2020 12	The Shadow World musical
DCMS - National Portfolio Organisation 2018-2022
£307,290	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Arcola Theatre - Culture Recovery Fund
£296,160	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Arcola Theatre - Culture Recovery Fund Second Round
£148,080	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Arcola Theatre
£28,500	07/03/2018	Resilient: An oral history and collaborative-ethnography project with marginalised communities
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Arcola Community Theatres
£60,000	26/02/2018 24	Arcola Theatre is renowned for presenting diverse and accessible work. Through this grant, it will develop a robust evidence base for the impact of its community theatre group and create a framework ....more Arcola Theatre is renowned for presenting diverse and accessible work. Through this grant, it will develop a robust evidence base for the impact of its community theatre group and create a framework to support current groups to establish independent practice.
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes
£5,000	04/03/2014	To support the production costs of "The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes"
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Arcola Theatre
£170,000	15/09/2011	Towards the costs of the artistic programme.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Arcola Theatre
£120,000	25/09/2008 24	Towards Core costs Towards developing the artistic programme.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-66

NAZ YENI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Academic

DR BEN TODD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Ceo

ABDULLAH TERCANLI Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Electrical Engineer

ANDREW CRIPPS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Non Executive Director, Other trusteeship: THE OXFORD HOUSE DEVELOPMENT TRUST,

GABRIEL GBADAMOSI Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Writer

LYNNE ALICE MCKENZIE Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Naturopath

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/03/2005, number: 1108613
Registered at Companies House on 27/09/2004, number: 05242988

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investing charity funds 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; AR21: 127 days late, AR20: 61 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR14: 119 days late, AR13: 36 days late, AR12: 59 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR09: 1 days late, AR06: 158 days late, AR05: 261 days late,

Main office

ARCOLA THEATRE
24 ASHWIN STREET
LONDON
E8 3DL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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