Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

PROPER JOB THEATRE COMPANY 

The LAB projectWorks BetterLAB WellbeingVolunteer programNationally touring theatre
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 19 years
(22 years as a company)

www.properjob.org.uk

mail@properjob.org.uk

07411252105

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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£809£805£4£0£90£901.3166
31/03/22*£769£784£-15£0£90£901.4144
31/03/21£823£752£71£0£108£891.4135
31/03/20£625£621£4£0£37£370.7136
31/03/19£470£469£1n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£504£508£-4£0£34£300.760
31/03/17£501£498£3£0£38£300.760
31/03/16£489£489£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£391£375£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£391£376£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£495£496£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£480£474£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£487£532£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£454£476£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£465£442£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£392£384£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£107£89£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£114£124£-9£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: 55%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 16 employees
  • 6 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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£190,108
Department for Work and Pensions£42,368
Manchester City Council£18,364
Community Foundation for Calderdale£13,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Proper Job Theatre Company
£4,700 04/10/2023
Grant to Proper Job Theatre Company
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Calderdale Community Connections
£8,800 29/03/2023
Grant to Proper Job Theatre Company
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£32,110 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Proper Job Theatre Company
£3,800 20/10/2021
purchase of digital tablets equipment for a charity supporting disadvantaged minority communities in West Yorkshire
Manchester City Council - Covid Impact Fund 2021 grant to Proper Job Theatre Company
£9,924 01/04/2021
to provide a variety of programmes to enable people to build their confidence and 'access life', including: Key worker engagement, barrier breaker and progression plan support for our referrals and ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - PROPER JOB THEATRE COMPANY
£42,368 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£61,500 29/07/2020
"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
DCMS - Maintaining Cultural Support for the most difficult to reach
£64,401 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Transitioning and Maintaining Cultural Support for the most Difficult to Reach
£32,097 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Manchester City Council - Grant to Proper Job Theatre company
£8,440 29/01/2020
Grant to deliver the Fab Lab Project in Wythenshawe, aimed at moving residents over the age of 50 closer to the labour market
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellbeing and Volunteering For Adults
£9,100 24/01/2018
12
The group will provide training and support for volunteers to improve their future employment prospects.
National Lottery Community Fund - The LAB Development Project
£232,600 30/11/2017
36
The group will use drama and psychotherapy based techniques to build the confidence, communication skills, self-esteem and emotional resilience of people who face barriers to employment. This will ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Proper Job Theatre Company
£15,000 11/07/2017
12
funding will allow the charity to research and consult with stakeholders across Wakefield in order to develop an appropriate model of support for people experiencing poor mental health
National Lottery Community Fund - The LAB Project
£350,400 16/05/2014
36
Not Available
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Proper Job Theatre Company
£34,200 19/12/2013
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-56
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/06/2005, number: 1109931
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/04/2001, number: 04203130
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR22: 8 days late, AR14: 243 days late, AR13: 11 days late, AR12: 124 days late, AR11: 3 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 0 days late,
Main office

PROPER JOB THEATRE CO
48A BYRAM ARCADE
HUDDERSFIELD
HD1 1ND

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY DRAMA, AND TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE INVOLVEMENT IN DRAMA AND RELATED ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES BY ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) YOUNG PEOPLE. THE PRIMARY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) AREA OF BENEFIT WILL BE THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH OF ENGLAND

Data Sources

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