Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

FESTIVAL DRAYTON CENTRE 

The provision of a modern, fully equipped and maintained, multi purpose community centre. Facilities include state of the art Cinema/Theatre, Meeting/Conference Rooms, Catering facilities, Art/Exhibition Gallery and leisure space. The Centre is currently run by more than one hundred volunteers with four full time and one part time employees.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
30/11/22£113£103£10n/an/an/an/an/a105
30/11/21£90£138£-48n/an/an/an/an/a80
30/11/20£108£179£-71n/an/an/an/an/a94
30/11/19£311£174£137n/an/an/an/an/a90
30/11/18£141£164£-24£0£0£0n/a095
30/11/17*£135£169£-34£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/16£169£173£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/15£171£151£20£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/14£150£139£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/13£125£125£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/12£120£118£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/11£113£118£-5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.festivaldraytoncentre.com

manager@festivaldraytoncentre.com

01630654444

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Cheshire East, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Telford & Wrekin,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 105 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 60-81
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2010, number: 1139372
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/12/2009, number: 07100599
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR17: 19 days late,
Main office

FESTIVAL DRAYTON CENTRE
FROGMORE ROAD
MARKET DRAYTON
TF9 3AX

Objectives

TO RUN A VILLAGE HALL AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISHES OF MARKET DRAYTON AND LITTLE DRAYTON WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MARKET DRAYTON AND LITTLE DRAYTON.

Data Sources

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