Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

THE HAVERING THEATRE TRUST LIMITED 

The Trust produces and presents theatre, music and dance to entertain and educate the people of outer East London and Essex, and complements this with an extensive programme of educational and outreach activities, and a guest programme of professional and community events.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are 17 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 57 years
(70 years as a company)

www.queens-theatre.co.uk

info@queens-theatre.co.uk

01708462362

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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£3,978£4,166£-188£0£1,742£6862737
31/03/22£3,593£3,214£379£0£1,930£6732.5657
31/03/21£2,340£1,795£546£0£1,550£2421.6500
31/03/20*£4,597£4,050£547£0£1,004£2000.67917
31/03/19£3,877£3,653£224£0£457£31318934
31/03/18£3,608£3,408£200£0£233£2330.8760
31/03/17£3,504£3,878£-374£15£33£330.1700
31/03/16£3,113£3,287£-174£0£407£4071.5750
31/03/15£3,378£3,376£2£504£581£5812.1750
31/03/14*£3,208£3,450£-241£528£580£5802750
31/03/13*£3,273£3,395£-122£492£821£8212.9750
31/03/12£3,475£3,430£45£535£943£9433.3750
31/03/11*£2,963£3,002£-39£484£898£8983.6750
31/03/10£3,316£3,271£46£575£938£9383.4750
31/03/09£3,079£3,073£6£493£314£3141.2750
31/03/08£2,972£2,962£9£485£308£3081.2750
31/03/07£2,956£2,948£8£418£298£2981.2750
31/03/06*£2,574£2,468£106£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£2,687£2,667£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£2,250£2,157£92£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 39%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex, Kent, Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 73 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£859,129
London Borough of Havering£272,000
Esmee Fairbairn£132,400
City Bridge Trust£115,865
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£40,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
£132,400 29/03/2023
Towards core costs to support the theatre's role as a co-creative community hub, including community engagement staff and programmes
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 03/06/2022
Queen's Theatre Hornchurch core costs funding
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000 21/04/2022
towards new production, The Flood and the new graduate development programme for recent technical theatre graduates from South Essex and Outer East London (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Community Fund - QYouth on the Hill
£10,000 04/03/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of arts activities for young people living with disadvantage and at risk of gang culture. The project aims to raise confidence and aspirations as well ....more
DCMS - Investment Funds
£35,000 26/11/2021
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. 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 ....more
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£148,500 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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 17/03/2021
3
Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is a regional theatre working in Outer East London, Essex and beyond. Their programme includes home grown theatre, live entertainment and learning and participation ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 11/11/2020
3
Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch is a regional theatre working in Outer East London, Essex and beyond. Their programme includes home grown theatre, live entertainment and learning and participation ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Havering Theatre Trust Limited
£15,865 11/06/2020
£15,865 towards the project as outlined in your application, including an allocation of 80% of the staffing costs
London Borough of Havering - Main Grant
£209,000 01/04/2020
12
Main Grant
London Borough of Havering - Maintenance Grant
£42,000 01/04/2020
12
Maintenance Grant
London Borough of Havering - Education Grant
£21,000 01/04/2020
12
Education Grant
DCMS - Havering Theatre Trust
£282,129 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
DCMS - Balancing the business for the next 6 months and beyond
£245,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Q Adapt - a vital three months of transitioning Queen's Theatre Hornchurch back to impactful sustainability
£148,500 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Havering Theatre Trust Limited
£100,000 10/03/2020
£100,000 towards capital access improvements to the public foyer, entrance, auditorium, backstage, and learning and participation areas.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
£150,000 28/06/2018
2018 Clothworkers' Theatre Award
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Havering Theatre Trust Ltd
£12,000 06/07/2016
Stories of Ford Dagenham
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (17)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-79
  • PAUL MCGEARY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Head Of Estates Havering Essex And Kent
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/09/1967, number: 248680
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/10/1953, number: 00524845
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 8 days late, AR14: 0 days late, AR13: 9 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR04: 2 days late,
Main office

Queens Theatre
Theatre House
Billet Lane
Hornchurch
RM11 1QT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR, PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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