Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 7

ROOTS THEATRE

Roots is a leading LGBTQ led theatre company that promotes for the public benefit the art of drama and its understanding and appreciation by the public through the delivery of theatre productions.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
The Board appears to be 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£153,915	£152,929	£986	16
31/03/22	£74,961	£53,177	£21,784	15
31/03/21	£118,044	£77,941	£40,103	50

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.rootstouring.com

hello@rootstouring.com

07568585841

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 advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
16 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
DCMS	£9,500
The Foyle Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Queer Spaces
£10,000	08/10/2021	The funding will be used to give people from the LGBTQ+ community the opportunity to collaborate with artists to create monologues that will dramatise their experiences of physical spaces during ....more The funding will be used to give people from the LGBTQ+ community the opportunity to collaborate with artists to create monologues that will dramatise their experiences of physical spaces during pandemic. Some participants will then go on to perform their work to live audiences. The project aims to bring the community together helping to reduce isolation and loneliness while supporting skills development.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	16/09/2021	towards core costs over the next 12 months
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,500	27/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

DR LEL MELEYAL Appointed: 2023

SHIVAIKE SHAH Appointed: 2021

ELIZABETH VOGLER (Chair) Appointed: 2020

FRANCESCA HUTCHINSON Appointed: 2019

JAMES DRAKE Appointed: 2019

PRIYANKA ROY Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/11/2019, number: 1186211

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
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

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Roots
4-6 Bridge Street
TADCASTER
North Yorkshire
LS24 9AL

Objectives

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE ART OF DRAMA AND ITS UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION BY THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF THEATRE PRODUCTIONS OF CLASSIC TEXTS.

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