Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

THEATRE ORCHARD PROJECTS LIMITED 

THEATRE PRODUCERS AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION
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
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 16 years

www.theatreorchard.org.uk

info@theatreorchard.org.uk

07757 711783

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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£637£689£-51£18£87£691.2650
31/03/22£470£540£-70n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/21£422£240£183n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/20£216£222£-6n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/19£221£206£15n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/18?£100£112£-12£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£74£53£21£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£122£139£-17£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£99£88£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£50£61£-11£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/13£73£96£-22£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£74£46£29£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£41£65£-24£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/10*£62£42£20£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/09£38£19£18£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 79%
Reserves/Spending: 1.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 12.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City, North Somerset, Somerset,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 6 employees
  • 50 volunteers

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
Esmee Fairbairn£160,000
Quartet Community Foundation£36,500
People's Health Trust£34,140
National Lottery Community Fund£19,800
The Foyle Foundation£10,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£7,900
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Theatre Orchard Projects Limited
£10,000 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - GLOW creative participation programme
£9,800 18/11/2022
The finding will be used to deliver a range of workshops using arts to engage young people in conversations about social issues which affect them and the art work created will be showcased at a local ....more
People's Health Trust - Theatre Forum 2.0
£0 18/07/2022
This two-year project is for local people and young adult refugees in Weston-Super-Mare. It aims to provide local people with an opportunity to use their voices for change by using theatre techniques ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - Summer schools for young people to develop artistic responses to the climate and sustainability
£5,000 07/04/2022
Summer schools for young people to develop artistic responses to the climate and sustainability
Quartet Community Foundation - Centre Stage
£13,000 02/12/2021
11
Pilot projects in 2021 have demonstrated a need for a more regular offer for disabled adults and the refugee community, to give voice to those whose needs are often overlooked
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Theatre Orchard Projects Limited
£150,000 01/04/2021
36
Towards project costs for a programme delivering outstanding creative and cultural experiences for, with and by communities, using culture to drive regeneration.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£10,000 24/11/2020
towards the outdoor art festival in September 2021 in Weston-Super-Mare (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Quartet Community Foundation - Winter Light
£5,000 23/11/2020
A collaboration with local communities and artists to create an uplifting 'Winter Lights' season of outdoor, covid-safe creative interactions in the town lending an inclusive spin on festive ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,400 25/09/2020
"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
Quartet Community Foundation - Creative approaches to well-being
£10,000 04/08/2020
Underpin delivery of cross-generational creative well-being programme through drama, dance, creative writing. Support co-creation of performance events with professional artists/community groups that ....more
People's Health Trust - Theatre Forum
£34,140 13/07/2020
This two-year project offers weekly forum theatre sessions for adults living on the Weston South Ward estate in Weston-super-Mare. Participants share experiences with one another, providing peer ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Access All Areas
£6,000 27/09/2019
9
Towards focused work and drama sessions for older people in South Ward.
Quartet Community Foundation - Theatre Lounge - "in our own words"
£2,500 18/09/2019
3
For Theatre Lounge a group based in the South Ward of Weston-super-Mare to work with 15 young theatre-makers from Bristol Old Vic's 'Made in Bristol' scheme.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Theatre Orchard
£7,900 07/08/2019
Gnomus - Giant Stories of Heritage
National Lottery Community Fund - GNOMUS - CARETAKER OF PLACES
£10,000 21/06/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver community puppetry workshops and performances based on the local environment. The project aims to bring people together and empower people to take action to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Theatre Orchard Project
£28,500 15/03/2019
36
This project will provide after-school drama sessions for children and young people from low income families. Children and young people will have more fun, be better able to express themselves and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Theatre Orchard
£4,416 19/11/2018
Help us run a programme of free outdoor arts events in Clevedon that links with our theatre shop programme and engages wide audiences.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Theatre Orchard
£10,000 11/07/2018
Weston Super Mare - Re-discovering our tourism heyday
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 18/06/2018
Autumn 2018 Stand Out Programme
Quartet Community Foundation - Tropicana Troubadours
£5,000 26/04/2018
7
The continuation of Tropicana Troubadours that involves young people living in Weston-super-Mare with the town's emerging cultural offer.
Quartet Community Foundation - Theatre Tropicana - a place for everyone
£5,000 13/03/2017
20
To establish and promote the 'Tropicana Troubadors' - a group of young people volunteering as cultural advocates for the theatre programme at the Tropicana.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 26-59
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/06/2008, number: 1124391
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/04/2007, number: 06199242
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
15 returns made; AR10: 266 days late,
Main office

Artspace
73 High Street
WESTON-SUPER-MARE
BS23 1HE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC IN THE NORTH SOMERSET REGION

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH SOMERSET REGION

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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