Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 9

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 18

OMNIBUS - CLAPHAM

To promote arts, craft, literature and other cultural and creative activities for the benefit of the public by the establishment and maintenance of an arts and culture resources centre. To provide and maintain a community resource centre and facility for the use of residents, workers and visitors of Clapham, Lambeth and the surrounding areas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
31/03/23	£651	£675	£-24	£0	£459	£133	2.4	15	15
31/03/22	£621	£636	£-15	£58	£514	£184	3.5	7	45
31/03/21?	£919	£736	£183	£50	£530	£119	1.9	7	23
30/09/19	£663	£545	£118	£0	£347	£291	6.4	10	10
30/09/18	£510	£462	£48	£0	£228	£161	4.2	7	50
30/09/17	£411	£421	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/16	£388	£386	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/15	£328	£360	£-33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/14	£309	£193	£116	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/13	£95	£63	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/12	£91	£17	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 29%
Reserves/Spending: 2.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 13 years

omnibus-clapham.org

bkalloushi@gmail.com

02076224105

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Art or music based therapy
Community food services

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Lambeth,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£258,549
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£107,472
The Foyle Foundation	£20,000
The Funding Network	£13,127
The London Community Foundation	£12,783
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000	18/09/2023	towards the theatre's flagship artists development programme, Engine Room and to launch Moongate as the Company in residence
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Omnibus-Clapham
£99,938	04/09/2023	COMPOSITOR E
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Omnibus-Clapham
£7,534	07/09/2022	DRUM Story Circle
National Lottery Community Fund - Routes/Story Circle
£10,000	25/02/2022	The funding will be used to run two community projects a holiday theatre programme for children and a storytelling exercise programme for older people. The project aims to provide disadvantaged children with a safe space to make new friends from ....more The funding will be used to run two community projects a holiday theatre programme for children and a storytelling exercise programme for older people. The project aims to provide disadvantaged children with a safe space to make new friends from different backgrounds gain confidence literacy skills and get active as well as for giving older people a space for social interactions and helping them gaining confidence after being isolated due to the pandemic.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Omnibus-Clapham
£4,860	24/02/2021 4	Story Circle participatory storytelling project engaging adults experiencing significantly compromised mental health and wellbeing as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. Local people aged 60+ will take part in a series of themed storytelling ....more Story Circle participatory storytelling project engaging adults experiencing significantly compromised mental health and wellbeing as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. Local people aged 60+ will take part in a series of themed storytelling workshops focused on alleviating anxiety and providing a sense of community and connection.
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Omnibus Clapham
£1,500	15/12/2020	Via the Funding Network
The Funding Network - Participation Programme: Routes, Kitchen Table, Story Circle
£13,127	01/12/2020	Omnibus seeks support for its participation programme; a series of projects engaging marginalised adults and young people, tackling issues such as food insecurity, social isolation and community segregation.
CAF - Grant to Omnibus - Clapham
£3,900	28/07/2020 3	Grant to Omnibus - Clapham to support the organisation through COVID19
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Omnibus - Clapham
£7,923	10/07/2020	The survival/adaptation of Omnibus’ participation programme. Six weeks of activity including: - Tripling Routes output, - Kitchen Table - pilot project tackling social isolation in adults, - Clapham Companions - pilot project offering ....more The survival/adaptation of Omnibus’ participation programme. Six weeks of activity including: - Tripling Routes output, - Kitchen Table - pilot project tackling social isolation in adults, - Clapham Companions - pilot project offering conversation/stories to isolating seniors, - Making/delivering lunches to children on FSM who cannot access food vouchers. Please note that this partial grant is for the FSM Project solely
DCMS - Omnibus Theatre Culture Recovery Grant Application
£172,549	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund - Round 2
£86,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Omnibus-Clapham
£6,000	29/03/2019	575 Stories

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-84

COLLEEN LORRAINE HARRIS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Pr Consultant

DIANA WHITEHEAD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Pr & Marketing Consultant

FIONA MARGARET MACTAGGART (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant

GEORGE OWEN MBE, Occupation: Opera Singer

GENEVIEVE GILBERT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Owner Of Cookery School

GEORGES CHALFOUN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Barrister

LINDA ANN BRAY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Councillor

MICHAEL DYNAN-OAKLEY Appointed: 2023

SIMON MARK MILLSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/09/2011, number: 1143709
Registered at Companies House on 28/09/2009, number: 07032543

Gift Aid

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; all on time

Main office

Omnibus
1 Clapham Common North Side
LONDON
SW4 0QW

Objectives

(A)TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF CLAPHAM, LAMBETH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY ASSOCIATING AND COLLABORATING WITH THE SAID RESIDENTS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS, IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OFIMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE AREA;(B)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS;(C)TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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