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home >> charity search >> hull truck theatre company limited
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

HULL TRUCK THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED 

A pioneering theatre with a unique, powerful, contemporary Northern Voice, locally rooted and national in reach, inspiring artists, exciting audiences and supporting communities to reach their greatest potential. We produce and present exciting and culturally relevant theatre in our building, our community and out on tour. We provide the resources, space and support to grow people and ideas.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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


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Established: 49 years

hulltruck.co.uk

admin@hulltruck.co.uk

01482488230

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£2,182£2,257£-75£7£14,535£1,32375653
31/03/22£2,249£2,309£-60£32£14,610£1,2396.45334
31/03/21£1,710£1,516£194£11£14,670£1,1859.4530
31/03/20£2,161£2,384£-223£58£14,476£8614.357224
31/03/19£2,338£2,547£-209£60£14,699£9584.555409
31/03/18£3,484£3,305£178£51£14,909£9543.5610
31/03/17£2,573£2,578£-4£44£14,730£5972.8540
31/03/16£1,954£2,038£-84£26£14,735£4852.9460
31/03/15£2,141£1,875£267£65£14,819£3702.4390
31/03/14£2,076£2,012£64£125£14,552£14,41086550
31/03/13*£2,858£3,151£-292£292£14,488£-53-0.2870
31/03/12£3,473£3,637£-164£350£14,781£1590.5520
31/03/11£3,651£3,567£83£521£14,944£2000.71040
31/03/10*£3,521£3,143£378£413£14,861£3901.5990
31/03/09£9,395£1,960£7,435£174£14,483£4402.7360
31/03/08£1,856£1,990£-134£156£7,048£3262360
31/03/07£2,186£2,131£55£176£3,631£4792.7340
31/03/06£1,853£1,820£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,693£1,676£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,902£1,824£78£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 9%
Reserves/Spending: 7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 56 employees
  • 53 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£343,246
Garfield Weston Foundation£169,677
Wolfson Foundation£0
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Hull Truck Theatre Company
£0 11/10/2021
Grant of £3,000 awarded through Scoping Grant programme. Paid via Pilgrim Trust/National Archives joint programme Archives Revealed (22871).
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£169,677 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
DCMS - Hull Truck Theatre CRF
£229,097 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Hull Truck Theatre CRF
£114,149 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Hull Truck Theatre
£20,940 31/10/2016
24
Be Our Guest' residencies
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Boadening reach and audiences
£60,000 19/10/2015
18
Following extensive consultation, Hull Truck will provide through our grant local, free and family-friendly activities in a defined geographical area of the city – focusing on entertainment and fun ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hull Truck Theatre Company Ltd
£51,750 29/08/2012
Towards the salary of the creative learning practitioner, working mainly with people with a disability.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Hull Truck Theatre Company Ltd
£31,000 05/05/2010
24
Towards Core costs Towards the cost of an inclusion dance/drama practitioner to work with people with a disability.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (16)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 14/16 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 28-66
  • JULIE WALSH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Lecturer
  • REBECCA HART (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Regional Director
  • SUSAN ALLAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Finance Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/06/1975, number: 269645
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/04/1975, number: 01210050
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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 1 days late, AR10: 1 days late,
Main office

HULL TRUCK THEATRE
50 FERENSWAY
HULL
HU2 8LB

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, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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