Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 12

ZEST THEATRE

Zest is a national touring theatre company creating eye-opening new work for young people.We are passionate about the development of young audiences, particularly those in their mid to late teens. This is a key demographic for the arts sector. With each tour we gather data to find out more about our audience and the best ways to create long term arts engagement with young people.

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:

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
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 13 years

http://www.zesttheatre.com

hello@zesttheatre.com

01522569590

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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
31/03/23	£152	£165	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22	£146	£138	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21	£141	£127	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/20	£201	£263	£-63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/19	£187	£148	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/18	£217	£211	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£175	£167	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16?	£177	£176	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15?	£87	£80	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/14	£204	£202	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/13	£139	£148	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/12	£70	£69	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

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	£107,000
The Foyle Foundation	£10,000
The Fore	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£32,000	22/09/2021	This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted ....more This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted all other options for increasing their resilience.
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Zest Theatre
£5,000	03/06/2020 36	Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Zest Theatre, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
DCMS - Zest COVID Recovery and Development
£50,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Zest COVID Future Sustainability
£25,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£10,000	25/04/2019	towards the Youthquake touring production in 2019
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	31/12/2018	Youthquake
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,000	18/07/2017	What Once Was Ours - National Tour

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-54

ADAM DAVEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director / Hr Director

AZAM ZIA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

CHRISTOPHER GORRY Appointed: 2023

DR RONA MACKENZIE (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director Of Education

EMMA JANE LUGRIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Consultant

GURPREET BAINS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Lead

NICOLA ELLWOOD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Executive Leadership Coach

PETER HOLLAND Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Theatre Producer

RACHEL BAYNTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Associate Professor & Artist

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/10/2011, number: 1144299
Registered at Companies House on 19/08/2011, number: 07747048

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
Paying staff
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Terrace
Grantham Street
Lincoln
LN2 1BD

Objectives

(1) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE DRAMATIC ARTS.(3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE DRAMATIC ARTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART BY THE PUTTING ON OF PERFORMANCES.

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