Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 7
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

THE CHIPPING NORTON THEATRE LIMITED 

Provision of live arts events, films and exhibitions at The Theatre together with a community and education programme in Chipping Norton and the region.
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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 50 years

www.chippingnortontheatre.com

operations@chippingnortontheatre.com

01608649101

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£1,425£1,465£-40£175£1,041£880.73560
31/03/22£1,125£1,159£-35£168£1,081£1821.93462
31/03/21£826£671£155£101£1,116£2003.61675
31/03/20£1,274£1,299£-25£190£961£8958.31656
31/03/19£1,191£1,218£-27£134£986£810.81570
31/03/18£1,208£1,177£30£122£1,013£1171.2140
31/03/17*£1,161£1,103£57£158£983£891140
31/03/16*£1,108£1,033£75£118£925£180.2140
31/03/15£997£1,149£-152£194£850£-51-0.5140
31/03/14£1,092£1,071£21£183£950£540.6170
31/03/13£1,149£1,076£73£182£929£150.2160
31/03/12£1,022£1,012£10£596£857£-29-0.3160
31/03/11£936£939£-3£555£847£-42-0.5150
31/03/10£879£892£-13£563£849£280.4150
31/03/09£828£810£18£449£906£460.7130
31/03/08£690£692£-2£410£722£100.2160
31/03/07*£808£820£-12£421£749£120.2290
31/03/06?*£638£645£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£644£617£28£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 8%
Reserves/Spending: 0.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 35 employees
  • 60 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£151,769
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
CHK Foundation£11,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£11,000 08/03/2023
to support specified work
DCMS - Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
£7,615 23/03/2022
National Lottery Project Grants is our open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 26/03/2021
The Theatre 2021 and beyond
DCMS - Chipping Norton Theatre re-opening programme
£144,154 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 11/09/2019
Core funding appeal

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-70
  • CATE GORDON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Project Manager
  • LISA HUGHES Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Corporate Services Director
  • TIM SUMNER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Tv Producer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/1974, number: 268154
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/08/1974, number: 01179918
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 0 days late, AR07: 114 days late, AR06: 263 days late, AR04: 114 days late,
Main office

Chipping Norton Theatre Ltd
2 Spring Street
CHIPPING NORTON
OX7 5NL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PROMOTION AND PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND CONCERTS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC AND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE TASTE AND APPRECIATION OF THE SAID ARTS OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE OF CHIPPING NORTON, OXFORD AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE SAID ARTS BY CHILDREN WITHIN THE SAID ARTS BY CHILDREN WITHIN THE SAID AREAS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CHIPPING NORTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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