Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 10

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 2

DANTE OR DIE THEATRE LIMITED

Dante or Die creates place-based theatre projects across the UK. The core aims are to: Present inspiring, unexpected performances in areas where there is little existing contemporary theatre offerDevelop new audiences through participation & local community outreach Inspire & train local theatre-makers and participants Create cross-generational appeal for participants & audiences

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 15 years
(17 years as a company)

www.danteordie.com

admin@danteordie.com

07540838922

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£120	£201	£-81	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/22		£230	£202	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/21		£181	£133	£48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20	*	£166	£181	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	205
31/03/19	*	£317	£299	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	238
31/03/18		£141	£77	£64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17?		£143	£119	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/16		£92	£75	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/15		£59	£59	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/14		£103	£84	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/13		£37	£32	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/12		£15	£14	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/11		£53	£39	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/10		£1	£2	£0	£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

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 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

John Ellerman Foundation	£60,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
The Rayne Foundation	£16,500
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
City Bridge Trust	£13,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Ellerman Foundation - We are seeking funding of £100,000 over three years (2023-26) to support DoD’s core costs including salaries & project costs.
£60,000	25/05/2023 36	We are seeking funding of £100,000 over three years (2023-26) to support DoD’s core costs including salaries & project costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Odds On
£10,000	29/09/2022	The funding will be used to deliver workshops to help those with gambling addiction issues discuss their experiences and then create a short animated video based on the users experiences. The project ....more The funding will be used to deliver workshops to help those with gambling addiction issues discuss their experiences and then create a short animated video based on the users experiences. The project aims to help those impacted reach their potential sooner and move forward with their lives.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Dante or Die Theatre Limited
£16,500	26/01/2022	Towards a digital artistic and engagement project exploring the harms of online gambling.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000	25/06/2021 36	Dante or Die: core funding over three years
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Dante or Die Theatre
£13,000	05/06/2020	£13,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Professional development and paid employment for ex-prisoners
£10,000	25/02/2020 6	The project will use funding to run a creative art skills programme for former prisoners, with the aim to develop their skills as performers and enhance their employment opportunity in this field.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	27/06/2018	Take On Me - an engagement and partipation project in Leisure Centres
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - ALB - UKRI - 'Virtual sites' for site specific theatre
£10,938	01/04/2018	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=133755
National Lottery Community Fund - Leisure Centre Outreach & Workshop Programme
£9,680	14/02/2018 12	This project will run a series of residences in leisure centres across the UK, working with local groups to improve self esteem, wellbeing and overall health.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Dante or Die Theatre
£30,030	04/05/2016 24	Towards core costs to support the development of an innovative touring model, and creating new site-specific work with communities.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-56

DR LISA WOYNARSKI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lecturer

HELEN HUGHES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Fundraiser

RANJIT ATWAL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Performing Arts Marketing Manager

VIJAYA FATIMATHAS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Audit Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/06/2009, number: 1129984
Registered at Companies House on 05/05/2006, number: 05807318

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR20: 4 days late, AR19: 47 days late,

Main office

Stone Nest
136 Shaftesbury Avenue
LONDON
W1D 5EZ

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:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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