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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

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 has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • 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 £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£325£291£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£152£165£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£146£138£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£141£127£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£201£263£-63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£217£211£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£175£167£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16?£177£176£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/15?£87£80£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/14£204£202£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/13£139£148£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/12£70£69£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

http://www.zesttheatre.com

hello@zesttheatre.com

01522569590

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
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 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£107,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
The Fore£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 24/04/2023
Listen Up
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 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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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-54
  • 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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