Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 8

COMMON WEALTH THEATRE LIMITED

Common Wealth Theatre is a registered charity whose purpose is the advancement of the arts for the public benefit with particular but not exclusive reference to the performing arts. We promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.

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
The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

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	£426	£433	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/22	£560	£470	£90	£0	£288	£75	1.9	8	0
31/03/21	£326	£288	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years
(12 years as a company)

www.commonwealththeatre.co.uk

info@commonwealththeatre.co.uk

01274 724192

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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	£107,842
Leeds Community Foundation	£37,286
Sport England	£9,180

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Youth Theatre Lab
£9,911	08/09/2023	Grant to Common Wealth Theatre Ltd
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Extended support from Breakthrough Fund
£107,842	06/03/2023	Common Wealth make experimental, multi-disciplinary theatre with, by and for people new to the arts that is rooted in their socialist politics, working class backgrounds, and an ambition to make ....more Common Wealth make experimental, multi-disciplinary theatre with, by and for people new to the arts that is rooted in their socialist politics, working class backgrounds, and an ambition to make change. Their Breakthrough grant in 2018 enabled them to appoint a Collaboration Coordinator in each city, supported the company’s producing budgets, digital capacity and creative R&D with artists emerging through Common Wealth’s projects and programmes. This grant will support core costs for Common Wealth to continue to grow the company in South Wales and navigate the end of their Breakthrough Fund grant and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Leeds Community Foundation - Speaker's Corner
£10,000	30/11/2022	Grant to Common Wealth Theatre Ltd
Leeds Community Foundation - Speakers Corner Programme 2021
£9,875	18/11/2020 11	Grant to Common Wealth Theatre Ltd
Sport England - Learn to Swim with Speakers Corner Collective
£9,180	20/04/2020 11	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Learn to Swim with Speakers Corner Collective. This project is a Swimming & Diving project, with a focus ....more Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Learn to Swim with Speakers Corner Collective. This project is a Swimming & Diving project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Leeds Community Foundation - Peaceophobia at Speakers Corner
£7,500	08/11/2019 7	Speakers Corner is a core project of Common Wealth, a safe space for young women ran by young women - the young women will run a new project called Peaceophobia, a creative project with a series of ....more Speakers Corner is a core project of Common Wealth, a safe space for young women ran by young women - the young women will run a new project called Peaceophobia, a creative project with a series of talks, workshops and culminating in a performance that aim to address, explore and challenge islamophobia and it's effect on young people in an expressive and dynamic way.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 26-43

SEHERISH MAHMOOD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Editor

AMY LETMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Creative Director

DEBBIE BEADLE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo

DR ANDREW WESTLE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Arts Producer

EMMA ROBINSON (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Development Manager

JENNY PHILLIPS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Finance Manager

RHIANNON WHITE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Self-Employed Theatre Maker

EVIE MANNING Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/10/2019, number: 1185967
Registered at Companies House on 06/10/2011, number: 07799494

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

20 North Parade
BRADFORD
BD1 3HT

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO THE PERFORMING ARTS.(2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING:A. OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN LIVED EXPERIENCE AND THAT OF THE COMMUNITY AROUND THEM, ANDB. PUBLIC SPACES TO SHARE THOSE EXPERIENCES EITHER FORMALLY OR INFORMALLY TO ENCOURAGE SOCIETY’S BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY EXCLUDED.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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