Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 6

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 6

IMAGINE IF THEATRE COMPANY

We instigate active change in peoples lives through arts-based interventions, workshops and productions. People with experience of the care system and criminal justice system are at the forefront of our work.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
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
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 9 years

www.imagineiftheatre.co.uk

admin@imagineiftheatre.co.uk

07495645412

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£34	£51	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22	£193	£171	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21	£123	£87	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/20	£137	£128	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/19	£83	£50	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/18?	£70	£88	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
17/03/17	£80	£76	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
17/03/16	£21	£0	£21	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Leeds City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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

Leeds Community Foundation	£18,000
Wates Foundation	£15,000
DCMS	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,983
The Fore	£4,920

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Locked Up
£8,000	18/01/2024	Grant to Imagine If Theatre Company
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Imagine If Theatre Company
£10,000	04/08/2020 4	Grant to Imagine If Theatre Company
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000	04/08/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Imagine If Theatre Company
£4,920	01/05/2020 36	Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Imagine If Theatre Company, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bird on the Wing Graduate Programme
£9,983	22/04/2020 10	The fundiong will help support people with convictions (PwCs) in the community to develop communication skills for employment and reduce the risk of reoffending.
Wates Foundation - Imagine If Theatre Company
£15,000	21/11/2019	Towards the cost of the Strategic Development Director’s post.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the Bird on the Wing course
£1,000	13/11/2018	Towards the Bird on the Wing course.
National Lottery Community Fund - BIRD ON THE WING
£9,200	13/09/2018 12	The funding will be used to deliver drama and writing workshops for prisoners. The project will focus on rehabilitation and the development of skills to improve family relationships and employment ....more The funding will be used to deliver drama and writing workshops for prisoners. The project will focus on rehabilitation and the development of skills to improve family relationships and employment opportunities.
The Fore - Grant to Imagine If Theatre Company
£30,000	01/08/2018 36	Established in 2014, Leeds-based Imagine If engages prisoners through theatre. Its employability course, Bird on the Wing, uses drama to improve body language, communication and self-esteem, combined ....more Established in 2014, Leeds-based Imagine If engages prisoners through theatre. Its employability course, Bird on the Wing, uses drama to improve body language, communication and self-esteem, combined with a tangible employability focus that develops skills such as writing CVs and cover letters, and a network of local employers to offer potential apprenticeships to ex-offenders following release. Bird on the Wing has so far run in three Yorkshire prisons, offered to 41 offenders with outstanding results. Funding from The Fore will enable Imagine If to develop new partnerships with additional prisons, increasing the organisation's financial sustainability while expanding provision of Bird on the Wing to reach many more offenders.
The Fore - Grant to Imagine If
£30,000	13/07/2018 36	Funding from The Fore will enable Imagine If to develop new partnerships with additional prisons, increasing the organisation’s financial sustainability while expanding provision of Bird on the ....more Funding from The Fore will enable Imagine If to develop new partnerships with additional prisons, increasing the organisation’s financial sustainability while expanding provision of Bird on the Wing to reach many more offenders.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DEBORAH JANE DICKINSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Theatre Producer, Other trusteeship: CHOL INTERNATIONAL ARTS,

DAVID JANE (Chair) Appointed: 2022

HANNAH EUGENIE TOOKEY Appointed: 2018

IAIN MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD Appointed: 2023

KATHRINE IVES Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/03/2015, number: 1160935

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

Seven Hills Business Centre
South Street
Morley
LEEDS
LS27 8AT

Objectives

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ISSUES OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE BY ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS

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