Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 18

FROZEN LIGHT

This charity improves the quality of life for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) by creating touring multi-sensory theatre specifically for the needs of people with PMLD.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 11 years

www.frozenlighttheatre.com

info@frozenlighttheatre.com

07900240654

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£456	£473	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/22		£511	£412	£99	£24	£284	£105	3.1	5	0
31/03/21		£223	£219	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£338	£214	£125	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£159	£184	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£144	£101	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£189	£168	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£67	£104	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£88	£41	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£66	£58	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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

Esmee Fairbairn	£145,440
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£125,000
DCMS	£25,000
The Foyle Foundation	£15,000
The Shears Foundation	£5,500
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000
True Colours Trust	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Shears Foundation - Frozen Light
£5,500	22/01/2024	Multi-sensory theatre production for audiences with PMLD at The Lowry, Salford
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Multo-sensory theatre tour Autumn 2023
£4,000	24/08/2023	towards the Autumn 2023 tour of the new production, 'The Bar at The Edge of Time’, at Cambridge Junction and The Key (Peterborough) reaching 120 people with profound and multiple learning ....more towards the Autumn 2023 tour of the new production, 'The Bar at The Edge of Time’, at Cambridge Junction and The Key (Peterborough) reaching 120 people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD), carers and companions
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Frozen Light
£3,000	30/01/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - '2065' Spring Tour 2022
£3,000	04/02/2022	The Spring Tour of our new theatre production for audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities. This grant will go towards performances at Platform (Glasgow), Macroberts Arts Centre ....more The Spring Tour of our new theatre production for audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities. This grant will go towards performances at Platform (Glasgow), Macroberts Arts Centre (Stirling), Lyth Arts Centre (Wick), Rothes Hall (Glenrothes), Lemon Tree (Aberdeen) and Eden Court (Inverness), reaching 144 people with PMLD in Scotland.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Frozen Light
£37,440	23/06/2021	Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Frozen Light
£5,000	02/06/2021	Towards core costs to create an outdoor storytelling installation, providing audiences (up to 150) with profound and multiple impairments with an enchanting sensory experience.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Developing co-created practice with audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities
£125,000	08/03/2021	Frozen Light makes sensory theatre for adult and young adult audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD). This grant supports Frozen Light to develop and embed meaningful ....more Frozen Light makes sensory theatre for adult and young adult audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD). This grant supports Frozen Light to develop and embed meaningful co-created practice in its work, creating a cohort of collaborators with PMLD via a regular, sessional offer; investing in evaluation that addresses the ethical needs of this work; and exploring creation of an adaptable, immersive space.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Frozen Light
£15,000	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 fast response grant
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund application- Frozen Light
£25,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Frozen Light
£90,000	04/12/2019 36	Towards core costs to enable the organisation to create more opportunities for people with PMLD to engage with high-quality, meaningful art and cultural activity across the UK.
True Colours Trust - Towards its new production ‘Fire Songs’ for people with PMLD
£5,000	16/10/2019	Towards its new production ‘Fire Songs’ for people with PMLD
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000	02/07/2019	towards a new General Manager starting in September 2019
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Frozen Light Theatre
£2,600	07/11/2017 12	Visualising Sound .
True Colours Trust - Frozen Light production of HOME
£5,000	12/07/2016	Frozen Light production of HOME

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 23-64

ANTHONY ROBERTS (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Theatre Programmer, Other trusteeships: FRIENDS OF ST JAMES' SCHOOL, SPILL FESTIVAL LTD, COLCHESTER YOUTH ARTS PARTNERSHIP,

CATHERINE MARY GOUGH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Teacher

CATHERINE SARLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Freelance Finance Manager - Theatre Sector

CHARLOTTE EMILY LUND Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Independent Creative Producer

CHELSEA REBECCA SKYE PETTITT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Student

LORNA OWEN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Hr Manager

LUCY HAYWARD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Playwright

ROSSLYN MAY ELIZA TREWIN MARSHALL Appointed: 2020

SHARON STOKER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Head Of Business Development

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/12/2012, number: 1150132
Registered at Companies House on 21/06/2011, number: 07677434

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR15: 26 days late,

Main office

THE GARAGE
14 CHAPEL FIELD NORTH
NORWICH
NR2 1NY

Objectives

For the benefit of the public, to relieve the charitable needs of people who are in need by reason of physical or mental disability, age, social or economic position or some other disadvantage by: - The advancement of education in the performing and visual arts, in particular but not exclusively through the provision of sensory theatre and artist training workshops;- The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.

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