Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 13

THE PRIMARY SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

Our charity?s purpose as set out in the objects contained in the company?s memorandum of association is to: ?advance education for the public benefit by the promotion of the arts, in particular, but not exclusively, the art of drama.?The aim of the charity is to raise childhood achievement and attainment through engaging with Shakespeare.

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 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

Financial Data ?

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
31/08/23		£328	£315	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/22		£317	£289	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21		£289	£274	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20		£349	£251	£98	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19	*	£309	£202	£107	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18		£199	£179	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/17		£131	£136	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/16		£123	£135	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/08/15		£84	£60	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.primaryshakespearecompany.org.uk

luke@primaryshakespearecompany.org

07882286895

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent, Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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

John Lyon's Charity	£200,780
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington	£160,000
City Bridge Trust	£16,367
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Primary Shakespeare Company
£45,000	06/07/2023	A project enabling primary school children to write their own opera from scratch: dialogue, libretto and music.
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to The Primary Shakespeare Company
£12,000	17/12/2022	Cost-of-Living Uplift
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to The Primary Shakespeare Company
£180,000	18/11/2021	Primary Shakespeare Company 2022-2025
John Lyon's Charity - Small grant to The Primary Shakespeare Company
£2,880	23/07/2021	Annie Williams Prize 2021
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	12/02/2021	The Primary Shakespeare Company Theatre Project
John Lyon's Charity - Small grant to The Primary Shakespeare Company
£2,900	02/12/2020 12	The Annie Williams Prize
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Primary Shakespeare Company
£16,367	19/05/2020	A grant of £16,367 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
John Lyon's Charity - Small grant to The Primary Shakespeare Company
£3,000	13/02/2020 12	The Annie Williams Prize 2018/19
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Primary Shakespeare Company
£115,000	11/02/2020 36	Children will write their own opera from scratch: dialogue, libretto and music.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 53-73

TOYIN OKITIKPI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Self Employed

DENISE RAWLS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Communications Manager

NICHOLAS WILLOUGHBY STUART CB MA Appointed: 2014

FIONA MALLIN-ROBINSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Fundraiser

SUSAN FLETCHER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: None

SUSAN SANDLE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director Of Development

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/06/2014, number: 1157282
Registered at Companies House on 15/02/2013, number: 08405111

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR19: 107 days late,

Main office

Primary Shakespeare Company
7th Floor
The Dutch House
High Holborn
LONDON
WC1V 7LL

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA.

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