Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

CORBY CUBE THEATRE TRUST 

To provide art for the benefit of the public, in particular (without limitation) the dramatic, musical, performance, literacy and visual arts in Corby and East Northamptonshire.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 13 years

www.thecorecorby.com

corby@thecorecorby.com

01604655744

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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
26/03/23£1,275£1,227£48£133£209£20921867
28/03/22£990£920£69£115£161£1592.11286
28/03/21£724£665£60£63£91£901.617151
29/03/20£1,248£1,321£-73£131£31£310.31791
31/03/19£1,210£1,227£-17£161£105£900.916151
31/03/18£1,081£1,106£-25£156£122£1221.3140
26/03/17£931£924£7£127£147£1291.7150
31/03/16*£957£907£51£103£158£1582.1140
31/03/15£872£883£-11£29£-66£-94-1.3180
31/03/14£841£842£-1£24£-55£-87-1.2200
31/03/13£806£860£-53£27£-53£-89-1.2180
31/03/12£862£923£-61£42£0£-38-0.5190

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 64%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 18 employees
  • 67 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,

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£405,952
Youth Music£179,990
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£10,500
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Project M
£3,000 05/09/2023
Project M provides young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, who would otherwise experience severe financial barriers in engaging with the arts, with regular opportunities to interact with music ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Project M
£3,000 04/08/2023
Project M provides young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, who would otherwise experience severe financial barriers in engaging with the arts, with regular opportunities to interact with music ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Core Bursary Scheme
£3,000 03/04/2023
To support the continuation of the bursary scheme
Youth Music - Project M
£150,000 12/10/2022
Project M
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Make A Memory
£1,500 25/07/2022
Make A Memory donation
Youth Music - Core Music Club
£29,990 30/10/2021
Core Music Club
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£63,773 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
DCMS - Corby Cube Theatre Trust NPO
£143,403 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
DCMS - The Core at Corby Cube Recovery
£198,776 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - Grow Festival 2019 ? Community Feast
£10,000 17/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to hold a food festival for local people. The project aims to educate people on food nutrition and bring the community together to strengthen relationships.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 24-65
  • ROY CLIPSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Sales & Business Intelligence (Bi) Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/11/2010, number: 1139035
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/03/2010, number: 07210297
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR16: 1 days late,
Main office

N'ptonshire Arts Management Trust
c/o Royal & Derngate
19-21 Guildhall Road
Northampton
NN1 1DP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:5.1 TO PROMOTE ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) THEDRAMATIC, MUSICAL, PERFORMANCE, LITERACY AND VISUAL ARTS; AND5.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) IN THEDRAMATIC, MUSICAL, PERFORMANCE, LITERACY AND VISUAL ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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