Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 13

ARDENT THEATRE COMPANY

We are committed to producing theatre that speaks about the world we live in; both newly commissioned writing and established text with a contemporary relevance. We also support the careers of recently trained artists, from outside London, to address some of the barriers that prevent them entering the industry.

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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 including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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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	£234	£135	£99	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/03/22	£103	£86	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/21	£8	£15	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/20	£76	£69	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/19	£51	£39	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/18	£33	£11	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£13	£15	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£29	£24	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

www.ardenttheatre.co.uk

contact@ardenttheatre.co.uk

02035794233

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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 London,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
13 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

Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£164,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£66,966
DCMS	£25,000
The Foyle Foundation	£10,000
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Ardent Theatre Company
£66,966	18/01/2023	Anti-apartheid: grassroots protest and activism in the 1980s
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core support for Ardent Theatre
£144,000	28/11/2022	Ardent Theatre Company produce theatre, career training and mentorship programmes, providing a platform for theatre industry voices and online resources. Their aim is to make theatre a place where no ....more Ardent Theatre Company produce theatre, career training and mentorship programmes, providing a platform for theatre industry voices and online resources. Their aim is to make theatre a place where no one feels like an outsider, welcoming people whose voices are unheard and stories untold. This grant provides core funding for staffing costs to enable Ardent to sustain their work and grow their impact through fundraising activity.
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-Ardent Theatre Company
£5,000	29/04/2022	towards programme costs to help young graduates outside London, who face financial barriers, move towards employment in theatre or the arts sector.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000	03/12/2021	for the delivery of 10 workshops for the Ardent8 cohort of 2022/23 to support their transition from students into early-career artists
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£25,000	28/10/2021	This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted ....more This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted all other options for increasing their resilience.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000	28/04/2021	Ardent Theatre Company produce theatre, career training and mentorship programmes, providing a platform for theatre industry voices and online resources. Their aim is to make theatre a place where no ....more Ardent Theatre Company produce theatre, career training and mentorship programmes, providing a platform for theatre industry voices and online resources. Their aim is to make theatre a place where no one feels like an outsider, welcoming people whose voices are unheard and stories untold. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

REBECCA JANE HUNT (Chair) Appointed: 2015

SALEEM FAZAL Appointed: 2015

THOMAS JACK MASON Appointed: 2020

JACQUELINE HILARY Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: THE BEEHIVE CIO,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/04/2015, number: 1161320

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves 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

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

Flat 39
Cavesson House
2 Ribbons Walk
London
E20 1AZ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART OF DRAMA BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES.

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