Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

KILN THEATRE

Based in Kilburn, we create internationally renowned, high-quality, engaging and innovative work which presents the world through a variety of different lenses, amplifying unheard voices into the mainstream.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are 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:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/03/23£3,327£4,189£-862£255£11,155£1,2113.5750
31/03/22£3,316£3,602£-285£190£11,692£1,4604.9660
31/03/21£2,976£2,163£813£221£11,845£7434.1590
31/03/20£3,197£4,065£-868£213£11,032£480.16359
31/03/19£4,968£4,030£938£255£11,697£4311.3622
31/03/18£4,430£1,774£2,657£289£10,627£2,07614210
31/03/17£2,844£1,930£914£198£7,902£2,21413.8200
31/03/16£3,035£2,698£337£283£6,381£2,0699.2350
31/03/15£3,607£3,494£114£380£5,243£1,7696.1340
31/03/14£4,457£3,095£1,362£316£5,129£2,2558.7340
31/03/13*£3,333£3,335£-2£267£3,767£8553.1330
31/03/12£3,873£3,287£586£290£3,769£6892.5280
31/03/11*£3,718£3,712£6£266£3,183£1670.5280
31/03/10*£3,131£3,039£92£234£3,177£1310.5280
31/03/09£2,633£2,743£-109£220£3,085£370.2270
31/03/08*£2,506£2,403£103£231£3,194£1600.8270
31/03/07*£2,464£2,529£-64£222£3,091£20260
31/03/06*£2,400£2,488£-88n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£2,379£2,454£-74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£2,384£2,329£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 11%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 46 years

www.kilntheatre.com

info@kilntheatre.com

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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£1,573,120
City Bridge Trust£249,001
Backstage Trust£150,000
Esmee Fairbairn£148,000
John Lyon's Charity£119,000
The Foyle Foundation£80,000
Pears Foundation£70,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Kiln Theatre
£2,400 12/04/2024
£2,400 (6 days) to provide an eco audit.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£50,000 18/09/2023
towards new writing at The Kiln in 2024
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Kiln Theatre
£8,000 13/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Kiln Theatre
£3,500 17/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 16/12/2022
24
Creative Engagement at Kiln Theatre
Pears Foundation - Minding the Gap project
£20,000 14/11/2022
8
Additional funding for evaluation and a pilot alumni programme for the Minding the Gap project which supports young people aged 14-21 in Brent, who have recently arrived in the UK as migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Kiln Theatre (formerly Tricycle Theatre)
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Backstage Trust - Core grant
£150,000 19/08/2022
Emergency core funding
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£182,000 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 funding in order to be able to operate on a ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Kiln Theatre
£120,000 31/08/2021
36
Towards unrestricted core costs to support the theatre's strategic plans to create high-quality artistic work rooted in the communities of Brent
John Lyon's Charity - Cultural Capital grant to Kiln Theatre
£10,500 14/07/2021
Schools Engagement Programme
Pears Foundation - Grant to Kiln Theatre Limited
£50,000 12/07/2021
Minding the Gap
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£30,000 28/04/2021
towards Kiln Theatre productions in 2021/22 as the theatre reopens following the COVID-19 pandemic (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Kiln Theatre
£246,601 07/01/2021
60
£246,600 over five years (£52,720; £53,840; £45,480; £46,680; £47,880) towards Kiln Theatre’s Creative Engagement Programme for young people in Brent.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Kiln Theatre (formerly Tricycle Theatre)
£3,980 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund staffing costs to deliver an online theatre project to BME children and young people who are isolated at home due to Covid-19. This will help improve emotional wellbeing and increase social inclusion.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Kiln Theatre
£20,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
DCMS - Tricycle Theatre NPO Application
£844,782 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 us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more
DCMS - Kiln Theatre CRF application August 2020
£364,338 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Kiln Theatre CRF Round 2 application
£182,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Kiln Theatre (formerly Tricycle Theatre)
£30,000 20/03/2020
36
This project will provide youth theatre drama workshops to young people from low income families. As a result, they will feel more empowered, have higher aspirations and develop stronger self-belief.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Kiln Theatre
£105,000 11/03/2020
36
Kiln Theatre: post of Youth and Community Manager
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£150,000 22/05/2019
36
Core Costs
Pears Foundation - Grant to Kiln Theatre Limited
£50,000 29/03/2019
24
Minding the Gap Programme
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£50,000 14/02/2019
24
towards the New Writing Programme over two years
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£75,000 01/10/2018
Minding the Gap: giving a platform to the voices of young people newly arrived in the UK To support young people at risk of social and academic exclusion to develop creative pathways, build aspirations and make progress towards succeeding in life in ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to Kiln Theatre Limited
£55,000 29/06/2017
24
Minding the Gap Programme
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Kiln Theatre
£282,300 07/03/2017
A Friendly Society: revealing the Foresters’ history at the Tricycle Theatre and Brent’s community stories
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Kiln Theatre
£120,000 01/03/2017
36
Towards staffing costs supporting the development of new talent.
National Lottery Community Fund - Tricycle Theatre community outreach workshops for young people
£9,500 01/03/2017
12
This organisation will run drama and filmmaking workshops for young people. This will enable people to take part in activities that improve their life skills and confidence whilst also discouraging involvement in antisocial behaviour.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Tricycle Theatre Company
£100,000 28/01/2016
£100,000 to redevelop the theatre auditorium to fully accessible standards.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Tricycle Theatre
£40,000 22/07/2015
The Tricycle Takeover
Pears Foundation - Grant to The Tricycle Theatre
£50,000 14/07/2015
24
Minding the Gap programme for refugees and asylum seekers
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Tricycle Theatre
£15,000 11/06/2014
Tricycle Takeover
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Tricycle Theatre Company
£5,000 16/04/2014
£5,000 for the costs of commissioning an independent design appraisal to inform and ensure best practice on access issues.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Kiln Theatre
£113,658 21/11/2012
Towards the costs of the creative team.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards an integrated arts/drama project
£4,485 25/02/2009
Towards an integrated arts/drama project with the Gypsy and Traveller community in the borough of Brent.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-67
  • ALASTAIR LEVY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • HEATHER ANNE DOUGHTY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Pr Manager, Bacardi-Martini Ltd
  • KATHERINE ANNE HAINES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Literary Agent (Company Director)
  • LOUIS CHARALAMBOUS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Lawyer
  • MICHAEL BERG Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • NATASHA DELIA GORDON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Playwright
  • PHILLIPPA ADAMSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
  • SABINE CHALMERS (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Legal Officer & Ned
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/12/1978, number: 276892
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/10/1978, number: 01396429
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 09/01/2016, current status: Large charity (levy paid)
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
  • Investment
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 47 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR10: 3 days late, AR08: 46 days late, AR07: 241 days late, AR06: 610 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

269 KILBURN HIGH ROAD
LONDON
NW6 7JR

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, 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
Charizone

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