Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 18

DRUNKEN CHORUS

Drunken Chorus is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, established to:Promote, for public benefit, the advancement in, creation of & engagement in the arts: -Primarily in (not limited to) London; -Particularly in (not limited to) the fields of theatre, dance & cabaret; -Including specific provision for young people, deaf and disabled artists / audiences

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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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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		£116	£93	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/22		£58	£66	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
05/04/21		£33	£18	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
05/04/20		£44	£37	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
05/04/19		£22	£22	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	27
05/04/18		£17	£17	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/17		£9	£9	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16	*	£16	£16	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

http://www.drunkenchorus.co.uk

info@drunkenchorus.co.uk

02032869532

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 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

City Bridge Trust	£28,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
The Foyle Foundation	£11,000
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£1,900

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£6,000	29/11/2022	towards core costs over the next 12 months
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000	26/08/2022	Three-year core / development grant
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Drunken Chorus
£1,900	03/12/2021	IT, comms and audio equipment for workshops, performances and events.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	08/07/2021	towards core costs during the yearend March 2022
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Drunken Chorus
£5,000	02/06/2021	Towards project costs providing young/emerging disabled artists with a bursary to develop and perform live at the A Bit of A Do Festival at Stanley Arts in South London in October 2021.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Drunken Chorus
£28,000	27/05/2021 36	£28,000 over three years (£10,000; £9,500; £8,500) towards core costs to increase and develop creative activities programme and annual festival for disabled Londoners.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	23/04/2021	Core funding to support year 1 of 3 year strategy for company growth and increasing impact.
National Lottery Community Fund - A Bit Of A Do 2019
£9,440	25/01/2019 12	The project will deliver a community festival of inclusive arts that is designed to celebrate diversity and empower people with disabilities. The aim is to bring people together.
National Lottery Community Fund - COLLABORATE: A new disability arts programme with Drunken Chorus
£6,846	07/06/2017 12	This project will use funding to deliver a creative arts performance and mini festival for disabled people. This event will be aimed at helping people to improve their self-esteem and life skills.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CATHY NADEN (Chair) Appointed: 2015

DAN FARRELL Appointed: 2015

NICKY MARGARET SELWYN Appointed: 2017

STEPHEN JOHN COLTRANE Appointed: 2015

SHEILA ELLIOTT Appointed: 2022

VICTORIA JANE BROUGH REAM Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/05/2015, number: 1161841

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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; AR16: 2 days late,

Main office

Turf Projects
46-47 Whitgift Centre
CROYDON
CR0 1UQ

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS:- PRIMARILY IN (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) LONDON (INCLUDING THE OUTER BOROUGHS);- PARTICULARLY IN (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE FIELDS OF THEATRE, LIVE ART AND FILM;- INCLUDING SPECIFIC PROVISION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND OTHER GROUPS (PARTICULARLY IN THE OUTER BOROUGHS) WHO MAY HAVE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING ARTS ACTIVITIES.

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