Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

HACKNEY SHED (CIO) 

Hackney Shed provides inclusive theatre workshops for young people aged 7 - 19 some of whom require assistance with communication, mobility, behaviour or self-help skills and social development. It's purpose is to advance for the benefit of young people, education and appreciation of the arts of drama, and music through the provision of workshops and public performance.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • 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
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/08/22£126£113£14n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/08/21*£105£109£-4n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/08/20£98£91£8n/an/an/an/an/a27
31/08/19?£81£76£4n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/07/18£71£65£6£0£0£0n/a010
31/07/17£76£54£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16*£60£52£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£50£52£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£49£47£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£49£35£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12?£68£56£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/11*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

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

www.hackneyshed.org.uk

administration@hackneyshed.org.uk

07950 838238

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hackney,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 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
City Bridge Trust£109,900
Henry Smith Charity£83,400
Hackney Council£29,200
National Lottery Community Fund£28,854
DCMS£10,870
Backstage Trust£9,440
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hackney Shed Ltd
£109,900 02/02/2023
60
£109,900 over five years (£21,119, £21,540, £21,971, £22,411, £22,859) to support the delivery of the Hackney Shed Collective group, which raises the independence and aspirations of ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Hackney Shed CIO
£1,500 11/10/2022
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Hackney Shed Collective
£9,954 07/10/2022
The funding will be used to run weekly inclusive and accessible rehearsals to showcase the talents of young people aged 16-25 who have SEND and/or neuro-diversities such as autistic spectrum ....more
Backstage Trust - Core grant
£9,440 19/07/2022
Education and Access Programme for young people in East London
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hackney Shed Limited
£83,400 15/06/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing theatre workshops for children and young people including those with special educational needs in the London Borough of Hackney.
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Shed Limited
£1,000 11/08/2021
Hackney Shed Slam is an annual speech competition bringing young performers from schools across Hackney together. Alongside teachers, the Hackney Shed team work with students to encourage confidence ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 08/07/2021
towards core costs in yearend August 2022 to support inclusive workshops
National Lottery Community Fund - Hackney Shed Collective
£9,455 07/05/2021
The funding will be used to run drama workshops for young people and adults with special educational needs and conditions like autism. The project aims to support their mental wellbeing as well ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Hackney Shed CIO
£1,500 13/04/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,005 24/06/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hackney Shed Theatre Ltd
£2,865 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund on-line and fully inclusive youth theatre sessions to young people in Hackney, to reduce feelings of isolation during COVID-19.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,865 19/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Shed Limited
£28,200 28/10/2019
24
To deliver inclusive theatre workshops in Hackney as a tool to integrate young people with disabilities and access needs with their mainstream peers, thus raising confidence, tolerance and social ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hackney Shed Collective @ NT Connections
£9,445 17/10/2019
12
Hackney Shed Collective @ NT Connections
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hackney Shed Theatre Ltd
£67,770 28/02/2019
36
Inclusive Youth Theatre for up to 300 young people living in Hackney. By attending the group young people will improve their confidence, make new friends and be less isolated.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hackney Shed Collective
£8,535 03/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of social activities that are designed to support young people who have disabilities or specific learning needs. The project aims to reduce isolation ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hackney Shed Limited
£45,000 12/11/2015
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of theatre workshops for children and young people including those with special needs in the London Borough of Hackney
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hackney Shed
£60,000 05/12/2012
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an inclusive drama project for disadvantaged and disabled children and young people in the London Borough of Hackney
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/12/2010, number: 1139394
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR21: 4 days late, AR16: 0 days late, AR11: 182 days late,
Main office

Dixon Wilson
22 Chancery Lane
LONDON
WC2A 1LS

Objectives

TO ADVANCE APPRECIATION OF AND PARTICIPATION IN THE PERFORMING ARTS, AND THE SOCIAL INCLUSION SKILLS AND COMMUNITY COHESION DEVELOPED IN CREATING SUCH WORK, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES, THROUGH EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION OF PLAYS, WORKSHOPS, PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND PERFORMANCE EVENTS PRIMARILY FOR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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