Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 11

Future income +5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 19

BRIGHTON PEOPLE'S THEATRE CIO

Brighton People's Theatre (BPT) brings people together to be part of something bigger than ourselves. We co-create theatre that is rooted in the stories & creative aspirations of people in Greater Brighton. BPT was founded in by our CEO and Artistic Director Naomi Alexander in 2017 as a Community Interest Company and converted to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in 2021

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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 ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£258,230	£258,144	£86	3

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

https://brightonpeoplestheatre.org

hello@brightonpeoplestheatre.org

07503430188

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

Brighton And Hove,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 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	£215,000
DCMS	£32,649
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£9,974
Sussex Community Foundation	£500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core Support
£215,000	17/07/2023	Brighton People’s Theatre brings people in Brighton together from a wide range of backgrounds to co-create high-quality new shows. Through conversations, workshops and performances, they create ....more Brighton People’s Theatre brings people in Brighton together from a wide range of backgrounds to co-create high-quality new shows. Through conversations, workshops and performances, they create change in and across the system. This grant will provide core support for Brighton People's Theatre to deliver on their 2023-2026 business plan embedding a cyclical annual methodology that centres the community’s voices and supports them in making decisions about the kind of work they want to develop and participate in. Over the three-year programme of activity members will determine and explore themes, receive training in theatre skills and be supported by artists to develop new shows.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Brighton People's Theatre CIO
£9,974	08/03/2023	Arabic Speaking and Sudanese Heritage Oral History Project
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£7,534	28/11/2022	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 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 funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
Sussex Community Foundation - Behind the Stage Doors - East Brighton
£500	17/03/2022	Funding was provided towards hire of an accessible community venue for twelve weeks of professionally led drama workshops for adults in Whitehawk.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£25,115	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 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 funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

MUNYARADZI MUCHATI Appointed: 2021

ANNA SIAN PARSONS Appointed: 2022

JENNIFER LEWIN-TURNER Appointed: 2019

LILY HANNAH ELSPETH EINHORN Appointed: 2021

PAUL DAVID HUGHES Appointed: 2021

THOMAS JAMES HESCOTT Appointed: 2021

HELEN RICE Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: WH COMMUNITY TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/10/2021, number: 1196082

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

Brighton People's Theatre
St. Augustines Centre
Stanford Avenue
BRIGHTON
BN1 6EA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH:A) THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE PERFORMING ARTS;B) PROMOTING, PRESENTING, PRODUCING AND ORGANISING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HIGH QUALITY ARTS PROVISION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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