Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

VOLCANO THEATRE COMPANY LTD

Volcano is a theatre company based in South Wales that promotes the Arts for the publicbenefit by creating innovative performances that engage both the local community and thegeneral public throughout the UK and beyond.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£417£450£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£370£337£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£378£287£91n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£398£450£-52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£501£405£96£0£182£1303.8440
31/03/18£455£502£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£458£428£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£363£349£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 10 years
(36 years as a company)

www.volcanotheatre.wales

sarah@volcanotheatre.co.uk

01792464790

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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 And Wales,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
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
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Postcode Community Trust£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£14,197
Architectural Heritage Fund£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Community Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£20,000 29/09/2023
Funding continued and expanded their community provision helping to reach more people and deliver a programme of free creative, artistic activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Storyopolis
£9,097 21/03/2023
Volcano Theatre Company in Swansea will use £9097 to deliver a children's literacy project for people in areas with high socio-economic and cultural deprivation. The grant will fund development staff travel and marketing. Bydd Volcano Theatre ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 04/04/2022
Volcano Theatre - Garfield Weston application for Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Heritages
£5,100 02/03/2021
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Volcano Theatre Company Limited in Swansea will develop a dance and performance project bringing together children from a deprived area of inner-city Swansea. £5100 will fund a workshop leader and assistant material costumes and venue hire. Bydd ....more
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Volcano Theatre Company Ltd
£7,500 07/01/2021
Colonial Buildings
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 18/12/2018
Storyopolis 2019+

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-66
  • ALLIE SYMONDS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: It Manager
  • ELEN MAIR THOMAS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Teacher
  • IBUKUN OLATUNJI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • MARC JONES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Banking
  • PROFESSOR KEITH LLOYD (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Professor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/03/2015, number: 1161081
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/01/1988, number: 02212900
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
8 returns made; AR22: 29 days late, AR21: 4 days late, AR16: 3 days late,
Main office

27-29 High Street
Swansea
SA1 1LG

Objectives

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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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