Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -4
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

PARRABBOLA

Parrabbola is a cultural organisation that specialises in community engagement through participatory creative activity. Parrabbola has a small management and artistic team that brings together independent freelance arts and cultural practitioners to work co-operatively on its community play, street festival projects and development programmes in the UK and overseas.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Returns have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23*£84£85£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22*£119£101£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21*£51£45£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£19£25£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19*£64£60£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18*£102£95£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£17£19£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16*£33£32£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15*£18£20£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/14£44£44£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/13*£153£176£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/12*£156£147£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.parrabbola.co.uk

info@parrabbola.co.uk

07956384924

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of York, Czech Republic, East Sussex, Ireland, Norfolk, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Parrabbola
£15,465 08/02/2023
The Lost Theatres of Newham
Essex Community Foundation - Parrabbola
£11,500 07/07/2022
to advance the public education and appreciation of the arts in Essex
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Parrabbola
£9,625 14/02/2022
Being There: memories of the London 2012 Opening and Closing Ceremonies

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-86
  • DAVID MONTEITH Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Arts Consultant
  • DR ALISTAIR PARK (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: It Consultant
  • FILIZ OZCAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Theatre Director
  • LEON PETER FRANCIS BERGER Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Performer
  • MARIE COSTA Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Professional Volunteer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/05/2011, number: 1141969
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/02/2010, number: 07147678
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR23: 44 days late, AR22: 66 days late, AR21: 7 days late, AR19: 61 days late, AR18: 118 days late, AR16: 25 days late, AR15: 24 days late, AR13: 223 days late, AR12: 55 days late,
Main office

80 FARINGFORD ROAD
LONDON
E15 4DW

Objectives

THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANISATION IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THOSE ARTS PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND MUSICALS

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND POLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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