Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 11
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

FOLIO THEATRE 

Theatrical productions and education
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

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£86,357£51,307£35,0500
31/03/22£19,125£600£18,5250
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

www.foliotheatre.co.uk

office@foliotheatre.co.uk

07977447640

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UN SDGs
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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'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
DCMS£54,486
Steve Morgan Foundation£37,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,960
National Lottery Heritage Fund£10,000
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Wiltshire Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to OUTSIDE LIVES LTD
£10,000 06/06/2023
Cryfhau'r Gymuned/ Strengthening the Community
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Outside Lives Ltd
£37,000 17/05/2023
Wheelchair accessible minibus
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 07/02/2023
towards core costs over the next 12 months
National Lottery Community Fund - Wales COL - BREAKING BREAD / TORRI BARA
£10,000 31/01/2023
OUTSIDE LIVES LTD in Flintshire will support people through the Cost of Living Crisis by providing communal meals as social events to combat isolation and loneliness. The £10000 grant will pay for ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Harbour Project Creative Workshops
£9,960 27/01/2023
The funding will be used to run creative workshops for female refugees and asylum seekers. This project aims to improve mental health increase confidence and build better relationships across the ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Folio Theatre
£5,000 14/12/2022
Folio Theatre is a female-led, writing theatre company. The grant will support a creative workshop programme for female refugees/asylum seekers.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£24,778 21/02/2022
This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted ....more
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£29,708 05/11/2021
This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/04/2021, number: 1194298
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
  • 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
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE POUND ARTS CENTRE
POUND PILL
CORSHAM
SN13 9HX

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF THE ART OF DRAMA AND ITS UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE DELIVERY OF THEATRE PRODUCTIONS AND WORKSHOPS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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