Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

CONEY LTD

Coney makes interactive theatre - creating games, adventures and play where people can choose to take a meaningful part. Our work takes place anywhere that people gather providing great art for everyone; in theatres, schools, museums, on the streets and online. We offer bespoke development support to artists, makers and game designers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/03/23£690£639£52£0£125£107270
31/03/22£302£328£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£276£250£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£326£327£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£289£247£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£207£258£-52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£208£193£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£229£220£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£410£349£61n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 11 years
(16 years as a company)

www.coneyhq.org

knock@coneyhq.org

02073770088

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • 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£233,841
Backstage Trust£40,000
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy£4,998
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Transition Fund
£72,968 01/03/2023
In recognition of the challenges facing organisations leaving the National Portfolio and as a way of improving the support we provide to them, we will provide a transition period for those who were National Portfolio Organisations, or funded through ....more
Backstage Trust - Core grant
£40,000 27/04/2022
The Coney Five programme in Tower Hamlets primary schools
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - The Magic Parcel
£4,998 01/04/2022
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10009170
DCMS - Coney Ltd NPO 2018-22
£125,088 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more
DCMS - Coney's Cultural Recovery Fund Application
£35,785 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Coney Ltd NPO 2018-22
£122,828 01/04/2019
£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
DCMS - Coney Ltd NPO 2018-22
£122,828 01/04/2018
Coney Ltd NPO 2018-22
DCMS - Coney Ltd NPO 2018-22
£30,707 01/04/2018
To support Coney Ltd NPO 2018-22
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-57
  • ANNETTE CORBETT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Creative Director
  • BENJAMIN CHARLES PAYNE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
  • LYDIA HAYES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Development
  • PHILIP HENRY CLARK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Content And Audience
  • SIMON MICHAELS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Partner
  • SYDNEY GEORGE COLIN NASH (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director/Vice President Of Public Affairs
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/04/2014, number: 1156864
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/10/2008, number: 06713686
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR17: 1 days late,
Main office

UNIT 15
TOYNBEE STUDIOS
28 COMMERCIAL STREET
LONDON
E1 6AB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:-TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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