Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 13
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

PIONEER THEATRES LIMITED

To promote, maintain 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.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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:

  • Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£4,496£4,647£-150£199£2,098£2,0985.4990
31/03/23£4,297£4,410£-114£203£2,248£630.2930
31/03/22£3,538£3,462£76£187£2,362£2,3628.2980
31/03/21£3,004£1,963£1,041£229£2,285£2,12613650
31/03/20?£3,649£3,570£80£285£1,244£1,2294.11030
31/03/18£4,341£3,979£362£992£721£5091.5990
31/03/17£3,778£4,011£-233£1,000£359£3070.9980
31/03/16£3,608£3,270£338£789£592£5221.9820
31/03/15£3,114£2,954£160£89£242£1410.6950
31/03/14£3,263£3,315£-52£678£92£500.2950
31/03/13£3,281£2,973£308£622£134£300.1940
31/03/12*£2,098£2,426£-328£92£-176£-276-1.4700
31/03/11£2,479£2,281£198£123£153£640.3620
31/03/10£2,574£2,453£120£91£-36£-106-0.5550
31/03/09£2,822£2,732£91£461£-157£-206-0.9640
31/03/08*£2,544£2,443£101£114£-260£-292-1.4510
31/03/07£2,613£2,686£-73£78£-360£-425-1.9540
31/03/06*£2,365£2,690£-325n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£2,066£2,175£-108n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£2,110£2,281£-171n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 61 years
(69 years as a company)

www.stratfordeast.com

theatreroyal@stratfordeast.com

02082791100

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£194,422
Garfield Weston Foundation£155,178
The Foyle Foundation£150,000
Esmee Fairbairn£126,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£120,841
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Fenton Arts Trust - Beneficiaries 2023 – 2024
£5,000 31/03/2024
Assistant Director Scheme: 4 early-career theatre directors assist and learn from the Director of 4 plays, from rehearsal to performance.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£100,000 01/03/2024
towards phase 1 of a 3-phase project to upgrade the theatre's ageing heating, ventilation and cooling system
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Theatre Royal Stratford East
£2,400 06/09/2023
£2,400 (6 days) to provide an eco audit.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Pioneer Theatres Ltd
£120,841 26/07/2023
140 Years of Stratford East
National Lottery Community Fund - Neighbourhood Table: A Free Community Lunch Celebrating Windrush
£1,500 30/03/2023
The funding will be used to host a free community social and lunch to connect and strengthen community relationships in Newham and mark Windrush 75. The project aims to provide a place to connect; collectively reflect; and move forward together ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Theatre Royal Stratford East
£6,000 20/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Theatre Royal Stratford East
£60,000 13/07/2022
Towards core costs supporting an expanded programme for artists, young people and local communities
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£194,422 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 funding in order to be able to operate on a ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Theatre Royal Stratford East
£42,500 23/06/2021
Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£155,178 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£50,000 29/07/2020
towards automatic winches to replace the hemp flying system for theatrical scenery
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Pioneer Theatres Ltd/Theatre Royal Stratford East
£17,500 05/05/2020
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towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
The Childhood Trust - The Get In
£2,500 10/12/2019
We are raising funds for a variety of projects which help young people 'get in' to theatre, including technical training and development, subsiding tickets for students from low income backgrounds, and providing work experience opportunities to give ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Pioneer Theatres Ltd/Theatre Royal Stratford East
£208,000 23/06/2015
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Towards the costs of the Young People's Programme, providing opportunities and pathways for young people, plus a contribution to core costs.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Theatre Royal Stratford East
£20,000 11/06/2014
Musical Theatre Initiative
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Pioneer Theatres Ltd/Theatre Royal Stratford East
£30,000 08/11/2011
Towards a project to develop the Theatre's engagement programme.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Theatre Royal Stratford East
£10,000 04/07/2011
Musical Theatre Initiative
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 23-80
  • BRYAN ALAN RAVEN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • CHRISTOPHER CLARKE HIRD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Film Producer
  • CLLR JOSHUA ISAAC DANIEL GARFIELD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Health Education Officer
  • DAVID OLANIREGUN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Actor
  • DR ELIZABETH GYLN Appointed: 2020
  • FRANCESCA CAROLINE CARRODUS MOODY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Theatre Producer
  • FRANCESCA MAY HUTCHIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student
  • MARTIN GEORGE PILGRIM Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • PATRICIA KEIKO HAMZAHEE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant
  • PAULA ROBERTS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing Director
  • ROBERT WHITEMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive/Accountant
  • RT HON DAME MARGARET HODGE (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Member Of Parliament
  • SIMON RUSSELL HAYNES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Media Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/04/1964, number: 233801
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/10/1955, number: 00556251
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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; AR12: 1 days late, AR08: 36 days late, AR06: 14 days late, AR05: 379 days late, AR04: 107 days late,
Main office

Theatre Royal Stratford East
Gerry Raffles Square
LONDON
E15 1BN

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:

EAST LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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