Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

MORTAL FOOLS 

1. Using arts-based techniques to provide professional training and personal development activities2. Running an ensemble youth theatre company for young people between 8 & 193. Running drama and theatre-making activities in schools 4. Offering workshops to educate children & adults in life skills and technical theatre skills5. Performing plays for the general public
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
  • 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
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 11 years

www.mortalfools.org.uk

info@mortalfools.org.uk

0191 5801250

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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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£435£492£-58n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/22£621£382£238£0£447£1233.8110
31/03/21?£486£405£81n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/11/19£290£218£72n/an/an/an/an/a4
30/11/18£160£169£-9£0£0£0n/a010
30/11/17£136£81£55£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/16£66£70£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/15£76£67£9£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/14£25£25£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire West & Chester, Cumbria, Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Northumberland, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 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
DCMS£274,073
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£236,000
BBC Children in Need£116,010
Garfield Weston Foundation£55,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£35,600
Youth Music£23,280
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£14,930
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - Mortal Fools - Music Making and Drama Co-Creation
£23,280 28/09/2023
Mortal Fools - Music Making and Drama Co-Creation
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core support for youth-led theatre
£6,000 18/01/2023
Mortal Fools is a creative learning company and the only organisation in the North East exclusively co-creating theatre and drama with, by and for young people. They specialise in social-change ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Mortal Fools
£3,551 22/10/2022
We want to pay professionals to run a young creative leadership project with young people, with the aim of organising social action events for their communities about issues they care about.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Mortal Fools
£26,000 02/09/2022
This grant will empower children and young people from Northumberland to deliver Social Action in their community.
National Lottery Community Fund - ACE Joy - a young people's project for community wellbeing
£10,000 08/04/2022
This project will celebrate the Jubilee and support children and young people who have poor mental health and are neurodivergent. It will offer a series of workshops and an event to improve wellbeing ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£25,000 18/03/2022
Core Funding 2021-23
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Mortal Fools
£1,500 23/02/2022
Using theatre and drama sessions to support young people aged 9-13 to improve their social skills, creativity and mental health & wellbeing
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Mortal Fools
£5,750 17/02/2022
'Summer of Social Action’ project will bring 10-15 young people from across the North East together to drive positive change within their community
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Mortal Fools
£1,000 03/02/2022
A Young Leaders group: a designated group for young people interested in using the arts for social action
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Mortal Fools
£5,000 13/01/2022
A pilot project in Ashington for young people aged 11-18 to improve self-esteem, aspirations, social skills, creativity and mental health & wellbeing
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£44,000 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Mortal Fools
£90,010 10/08/2021
This project will deliver sessions in drama and the arts for young people who have special educational needs and disabilities in Northumberland. Participants will be better able to manage their ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Mortal Fools
£15,000 03/06/2021
A project in partnership with Youth Focus North East, to support young people experiencing disadvantage to reach their potential through drama, theatre and associated artforms
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Mortal Fools
£1,500 20/05/2021
‘When This Is Over’; inclusive drama workshops for young people who face barriers to high quality arts experiences in Gateshead and Prudhoe
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core support for youth-led theatre
£210,000 17/05/2021
Mortal Fools is a creative learning company and the only organisation in the North East exclusively co-creating theatre and drama with, by and for young people. They specialise in social-change ....more
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Mortal Fools
£500 29/04/2021
Grant through the Colleagues in the Community Fund towards practitioner fees.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - enabling young people from the Tyne Valley to participate in coaching and mentoring to support their peers and local community to engage in creative opportunities
£1,000 04/02/2021
enabling young people from the Tyne Valley to participate in coaching and mentoring to support their peers and local community to engage in creative opportunities
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the organisation’s charitable objects
£5,000 29/10/2020
the organisation’s charitable objects
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the organisation's Creative Producer post enabling young people's engagement with the arts in Northumberland
£6,000 08/10/2020
the organisation's Creative Producer post enabling young people's engagement with the arts in Northumberland
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 24/07/2020
Core Costs Contribution 2020-23
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 24/06/2020
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Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
DCMS - Future Proofing
£140,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Training and Transitioning
£69,995 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Running costs for a project using drama and theatre to support young people living in rural areas of Northumberland
£3,930 20/03/2020
Running costs for a project using drama and theatre to support young people living in rural areas of Northumberland
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Mortal Fools
£500 13/03/2020
Grant through the Colleagues in the Community Fund to contribute towards practitioner fees.
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£13,385 28/02/2020
Mortal Fools Youth Theatre
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£6,693 28/02/2020
Mortal Fools Youth Theatre. The wider aim of the scheme is: To deliver onward grants to increase positive activities for young people by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs for the financial ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Establishing a coordinated youth leadership programme to provide more opportunities to disadvantaged young people to be involved in social action
£4,850 18/10/2019
Establishing a coordinated youth leadership programme to provide more opportunities to disadvantaged young people to be involved in social action
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Future Ready Project 2018-2021 - Year 3
£10,000 01/04/2019
Future Ready Project 2018-2021 - Year 3
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Consolidate, Learn and Grow 2019-21
£23,000 08/03/2019
Consolidate, Learn and Grow 2019-21
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 07/03/2019
Core Support 2019-20
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Future Ready 2018-2021 Year 2
£10,000 04/01/2018
Future Ready 2018-2021 Year 2
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 18-63
  • KATE STANFORTH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Dancer And Disability Activist
  • LESLEY ANNE JOBSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Higher Education Programme Lead & Lecturer
  • RACHEL PATTINSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Partnership Manager (Higher Education)
  • SUSAN SPENCER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Freelance Creative Practitioner
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/08/2013, number: 1153400
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/06/2012, number: 08102487
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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

YMCA Northumberland
North View
ASHINGTON
Northumberland
NE63 9XQ

Objectives

For the benefit of the public particularly but not exclusively in the north of England, the Company’s Objects are, through the teaching, practice and showcasing of the arts in all their forms:(1) To help children and young people develop their skills, capacity and capabilities to enable them to participate fully in society as responsible, mature and fulfilled individuals;(2) To advance the mental health education of children, young people, their significant adults and the general public to improve mental wellbeing;(3) To promote, support and improve the social inclusion of children and young people who are socially excluded by providing them with opportunities to access activities and develop their skills and experiences in such a way that they are better able to participate more fully in society;(For the purposes of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means children and young people (up to aged 25) who are excluded from society, or parts of society (like social circles) as a result of one or more of the following factors: socio-economic circumstances; race; gender; poor educational or skills attainment; mental health; disability; bullying and harassment and ethnic origin. (4) To maintain, improve, and advance arts education of children and young people, professional artists and the general public.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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