Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 9

NORWICH PUPPET THEATRE TRUST LIMITED

The primary objective of the charity is to promote, maintain, improve and advance education, particularly by the production of puppet shows, educational plays and the encouragement of the Arts, including the arts of drama, mime, dance, singing and music.

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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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	*	£338	£366	£-28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£253	£305	£-52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/21		£244	£212	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/20		£317	£282	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/19		£250	£277	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/18		£257	£244	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£276	£272	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£263	£289	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£344	£384	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£286	£323	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£295	£326	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£254	£265	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£262	£221	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£171	£173	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£235	£142	£93	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£202	£261	£-58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£207	£179	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£228	£219	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£184	£213	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£183	£171	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 47 years

www.puppettheatre.co.uk

info@puppettheatre.co.uk

01603615564

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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	£126,750
Garfield Weston Foundation	£75,000
The Foyle Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	23/09/2022	Accessible, Inclusive and Greener Children’s Theatre and Puppetry
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000	20/09/2022	towards ongoing core costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Puppetry: a step forward
£84,750	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Puppetry: a further step forward
£42,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000	15/10/2019	New Model for a Real Theatre
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000	25/04/2019	towards building/equipment improvements to the theatre in St James church (£10K) and towards core costs (£15K)
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Norwich Puppet Theatre
£9,900	22/02/2018	Puppetry - Now and Then
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	14/09/2017	Norwich Puppet Theatre application to Garfield Weston for help with general costs.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-73

SASCHA GOSLIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Freelance Creative Producer

DR JEREMY ALEXANDER TOD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Lecturer

EMMA TAYLOR (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Project Manager

GAVIN JOHN COWLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Partnership Adviser

NIC HOPKINS Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Retired

DEBBIE-LEE JACQUELYN PINCHING Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Fulltime Mother

MARION CATLIN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Consultant

MARK PITMAN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Puppeteer

NICOLA JAYNE GRAY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

PHILLIP CURTIS ROFFE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/04/1977, number: 271041
Registered at Companies House on 09/02/1976, number: 01243558

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
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; AR23: 63 days late,

Main office

Norwich Puppet Theatre
St. James
Whitefriars
Norwich
NR3 1TN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF PUPPET SHOWS EDUCATIONAL 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:

NOT DEFINED

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