Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 9

Poor Liquidity: -1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 17

LEICESTER THEATRE TRUST LIMITED

The Charity is established to promote, maintain, improve and advance creativity and learning, especially through the production and presentation of the performing arts. The principal activity of the charitable company is to adopt an integrated approach to Theatre that produces work of the highest quality and professional standards, and is relevant and representative of our communities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

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		£17,083	£17,028	£55	£1,764	£3,786	£3,717	2.6	95	7
31/03/22		£8,836	£8,451	£385	£154	£3,731	£3,540	5	83	9
31/03/21		£5,212	£4,669	£542	£138	£3,346	£2,836	7.3	92	0
31/03/20		£12,514	£11,707	£807	£132	£2,803	£2,646	2.7	100	23
31/03/19		£11,272	£11,211	£61	£124	£1,996	£1,996	2.1	99	17
31/03/18	*	£10,660	£10,449	£211	£130	£1,935	£1,910	2.2	98	0
31/03/17		£11,728	£11,532	£196	£83	£1,724	£1,688	1.8	98	0
31/03/16		£10,199	£10,059	£140	£121	£1,724	£1,428	1.7	110	0
31/03/15		£7,852	£7,772	£80	£465	£1,388	£1,333	2.1	93	0
31/03/14?		£5,078	£4,922	£156	£851	£1,308	£992	2.4	90	0
31/08/13		£7,671	£7,549	£122	£1,636	£1,152	£851	1.4	87	0
31/08/12		£7,059	£7,276	£-217	£1,188	£1,030	£939	1.5	82	0
31/08/11		£6,812	£6,347	£464	£1,017	£1,247	£1,120	2.1	78	0
31/08/10		£6,278	£6,123	£154	£1,112	£783	£234	0.5	84	0
31/08/09		£5,355	£6,126	£-772	£952	£628	£618	1.2	77	0
31/08/08?		£3,696	£3,009	£688	£541	£1,400	£1,378	5.5	23	0
01/04/07		£3,301	£3,329	£-27	£458	£712	£660	2.4	19	0
02/04/06		£3,097	£3,020	£78	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
03/04/05		£3,383	£3,362	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
04/04/04		£3,689	£2,669	£1,021	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 68%
Liabilities/Income: 47%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 2.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 61 years

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enquiries@curvetheatre.co.uk

01162423591

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Leicestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

95 employees
7 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

DCMS	£3,620,247
Wolfson Foundation	£49,600
Backstage Trust	£14,400

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Leicester Theatre Trust Ltd (t/a Curve Theatre)
£49,600	07/12/2022	Replacement of foyer lighting with LED lights at Curve Theatre
Backstage Trust - Fund raising grant
£14,400	06/04/2022	Fundraising support from external consultant
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£350,000	27/10/2021	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.
DCMS - Curve 2018-22
£1,949,247	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Leicester Theatre Trust
£950,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Leicester Theatre Trust
£371,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Curve 2018-22
£1,914,029	01/04/2019	£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
DCMS - Curve 2018-22
£1,914,029	01/04/2018	Curve 2018-22
DCMS - Curve 2018-22
£478,507	01/04/2018	To support Curve 2018-22
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Leicester Theatre Trust
£70,800	23/11/2017	Fashioning a City, celebrating Leicester's heritage as it becomes a 21st century capital of diversity
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Leicester Theatre Trust
£27,600	27/06/2017 12	New Theatre Talent
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Leicester Theatre Trust
£20,000	08/12/2016	Dressing room at the Curve Theatre
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs
£96,000	29/09/2016 36	Towards the salary of a new Touring Producer to lead on the promotion, planning and delivery of the theatre's work on tour.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Leicester Theatre Trust (Curve Theatre)
£118,103	20/07/2011	Towards the young arts entrepreneur programme.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 23-73

ADAM MICHAEL DREWITT CLARKE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Deputy Mayor

BHAVESH UNADKAT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Management Consultant

CATHY TYSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Actor

HELEN RACHEL HERNIMAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

PATRICK DAVID KEVIN MULVIHILL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: International Development Director

ZAINAB RAO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Unknown

BARBARA MATTHEWS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY, UPPINGHAM SCHOOL,

LIZ BLYTH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director

MIKE JOHN DALZELL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Manager

VIJAY SHARMA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: COPE CHILDRENS TRUST, EAST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES, LEICESTERSHIRE, LEICESTER AND RUTLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,

JEREMY ARTHUR PARR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET MASTERCLASS TRUST,

SITA MCINTOSH (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ceo, Other trusteeships: Kiln Theatre, GREATER MANCHESTER ARTS CENTRE LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/10/1963, number: 230708
Registered at Companies House on 29/08/1963, number: 00772380

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

20 returns made; AR18: 29 days late,

Main office

Curve
60 Rutland Street
LEICESTER
LE1 1SB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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