Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

STRETFORD CHILDREN'S THEATRE

ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE DRAMA AND SINGING GROUPS FOR LOCAL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 4 AND ABOVE. ~ INCLUSIVE ~ FUN ~ CREATIVE ~
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • 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
31/08/23£22£30£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£14£21£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£31£27£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£30£27£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£26£23£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£29£49£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.stretfordchildrenstheatre.org.uk

stretfordchildrenstheatre@gmail.com

07718287131

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Trafford,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council - VCFSE Digi Grant to Stretford Children's Theatre
£4,980 31/08/2020
To resume our activities by offering a ‘tri-term’ model from autumn 2020 onwards;- Zoom sessions; and independent sessions
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Stretford Children's Theatre & Stretford Youth Theatre
£3,488 15/11/2019
We want to provide inspirational professional theatre and music masterclasses, and fund two public productions in December 2018 and 2019.
Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment - Sessional Fees
£5,435 16/03/2017
High quality weekly local drama sessions for children/young people in Stretford, delivered by professional practitioners, managed by a volunteer committee. Sessions are low-cost, with access key, and take place in a landmark community building. ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • IAN JOHN BEARD Appointed: 2024
  • KIRSTY THOMAS Appointed: 2015
  • MICHELLE CALAME-BELL Appointed: 2020
  • NIALL BRENNAN Appointed: 2023
  • RACHEL STEVENS Appointed: 2024
  • SHELLY QUINTON-HULME MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2015
  • SOPHIE BOWDEN Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/10/2017, number: 1175334
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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Stretford Public Hall
Chester Road
Stretford
MANCHESTER
M32 0LG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 4 AND ABOVE AND ADULTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE PERFORMING ARTS BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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