Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

CURIOUS MONKEY LTD 

Curious Monkey is a theatre company based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Our work gives a voice to underrepresented and marginalised people, raising awareness of the issues they face. We provide inclusive participatory experiences, helping to improve people?s wellbeing, confidence and skills. We make professional theatre that is relevant and accessible to the people in our communities.
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 including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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: 8 years
(10 years as a company)

www.curiousmonkeytheatre.com

jenny@curiousmonkeytheatre.com

07954426302

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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 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£177£225£-47n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/22£338£280£58n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£248£161£87n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£220£191£29n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/19*£181£157£24n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/18£106£102£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£160£138£22£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 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
Esmee Fairbairn£159,996
BBC Children in Need£97,768
DCMS£72,278
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£36,447
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£25,098
National Lottery Community Fund£9,386
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Curious Monkey
£3,500 13/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - The Arriving Group
£9,386 30/08/2022
The funding will be used to continue its Arriving Group project which brings sanctuary seekers together to develop creative skills and build relationships. The project involves regular social events ....more
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£31,500 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Curious Monkey Ltd
£1,000 16/09/2021
The organisation's charitable purposes
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Curious Monkey Ltd
£14,947 24/06/2021
The continuation and development of the 'Arriving' group for refugees and asylum seekers
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Curious Monkey
£36,496 23/06/2021
Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Curious Monkey Ltd
£20,500 29/04/2021
Core costs 21/22
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Administrator salary, overheads, project costs Year 3
£25,098 02/04/2020
Administrator salary, overheads, project costs Year 3
DCMS - Curious Monkey
£40,778 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Curious Monkey
£120,000 22/01/2020
36
Towards the core costs of Troupe, a theatre-based project providing opportunities for care experienced young people to gain life skills, create healthy relationships and use their lived experiences ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Curious Monkey
£97,768 26/06/2019
36
This project will engage young people, who are living in care to take part in theatre based activities, supporting them to increase their own self-belief, improve relationships with others and ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Administrator salary, overheads, project costs Year 2
£26,101 01/04/2019
Administrator salary, overheads, project costs Year 2
National Lottery Community Fund - Arriving - Community Workshops
£8,400 06/12/2018
12
A project that includes a programme of drama and creative activities for local refugees and asylum seekers enabling them to share their experiences, socialise and engage with the wider community. It ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Curious Monkey
£4,900 31/08/2018
purchase of audio and visual equipment for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in Newcastle upon Tyne
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Increasing Participation - Engagement Officer
£5,000 17/04/2018
Increasing Participation - Engagement Officer
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Administrator salary, overheads, project costs Year 1
£27,566 04/01/2018
Administrator salary, overheads, project costs Year 1
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-67
  • ROB HUGGINS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Managing Director
  • ZEINAB LENTON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Marketing Professional
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/06/2016, number: 1167703
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/05/2013, number: 08550041
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
7 returns made; AR19: 6 days late, AR17: 0 days late,
Main office

Pod 3
The Beacon
Westgate Road
Newcastle upon Tyne

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
CharityBase
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