Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 17

THE THEATRE ROYAL BATH LIMITED

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, literature, sculpture and painting, particularly but not exclusively for children and young people

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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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
31/05/23		£14,498	£13,957	£541	£68	£9,119	£7,703	6.6	156	7
31/05/22		£14,279	£12,450	£1,829	£44	£8,570	£7,102	6.8	123	5
31/05/21		£2,913	£3,619	£-706	£35	£6,740	£5,313	17.6	99	7
31/05/20		£10,983	£10,356	£627	£51	£7,447	£5,954	6.9	140	32
31/05/19		£12,969	£12,293	£676	£58	£6,820	£5,249	5.1	142	22
31/05/18	*	£9,423	£9,371	£52	£42	£6,145	£4,466	5.7	144	0
31/05/17		£12,526	£12,662	£-136	£37	£6,093	£4,449	4.2	67	0
31/05/16		£11,501	£11,693	£-192	£41	£6,229	£3,277	3.4	66	0
31/05/15		£13,502	£14,268	£-767	£117	£6,438	£2,434	2	65	0
31/05/14		£10,700	£11,123	£-424	£151	£7,205	£3,526	3.8	62	0
31/05/13		£7,886	£7,960	£-74	£151	£7,525	£4,006	6	62	0
31/05/12		£7,902	£8,158	£-256	£139	£7,599	£4,070	6	63	0
31/05/11		£7,379	£9,215	£-1,836	£126	£7,856	£4,412	5.7	64	0
31/05/10		£8,221	£7,746	£475	£149	£9,691	£5,729	8.9	65	0
31/05/09		£11,152	£8,320	£2,832	£173	£9,216	£5,822	8.4	66	0
31/05/08		£7,992	£8,382	£-390	£174	£6,384	£2,970	4.3	62	0
31/05/07		£6,674	£6,726	£-52	£153	£6,774	£3,267	5.8	62	0
31/05/06		£7,973	£6,928	£1,045	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/05		£7,683	£6,221	£1,461	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/04		£5,660	£5,459	£200	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 40%
Liabilities/Income: 42%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 84%
Reserves/Spending: 6.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4

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Established: 45 years

www.theatreroyal.org.uk

charity@theatreroyal.org.uk

01225448815

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Bath And North East Somerset, Somerset, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

156 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	£2,244,686
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	£74,386
Department for Work and Pensions	£18,129
Quartet Community Foundation	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Theatre Royal Bath
£1,000	21/01/2022	As directed by the donor towards making a difference to thousands of local children by raising money to provide schools with free tickets and transport to live theatre.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£813,367	27/10/2021	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 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 viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
Department for Work and Pensions - THEATRE ROYAL BATH
£18,129	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Egg Theatre Assembly
£74,386	01/06/2020	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=58478
DCMS - Theatre Royal Bath Culture Recovery Fund Application
£955,192	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Theatre Royal Bath CRF 2
£476,127	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building the Case for School Without Walls
£60,000	12/03/2018 12	Working in partnership with 5x5x5=Creativity and Bath Festivals, The Egg Theatre will test whether School Without Walls’ enquiry-based model of experiential and creative learning can be used to ....more Working in partnership with 5x5x5=Creativity and Bath Festivals, The Egg Theatre will test whether School Without Walls’ enquiry-based model of experiential and creative learning can be used to achieve specific school improvement objectives and to narrow the attainment gap for pupils experiencing disadvantage.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Theatre Royal Bath Ltd
£136,050	20/06/2013	Towards supporting theatre companies developing new theatre for young audiences and building strong co-producing partnerships across the UK.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to The Egg at Theatre Royal Bath
£10,855	01/05/2012	Junior Apprentices programmes
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Theatre Royal Bath Ltd
£90,000	11/12/2008 36	Towards Core costs Towards a programme of festivals and in-house productions for family audiences.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-79

KATJA KAMMERER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: General Manager - Hospitality

RUTH ABIGAIL KEILY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Director

CHARLOTTE LUCY WALKER Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Barrister

COSMO JOSEPH FRY Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: THE BATH THEATRE TRUST,

DOMINIC JEROME EATON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Architect

HENRY MEAKIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Business Consultant

MARGARET COOKE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Consulting Structural Engineer, Other trusteeship: CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE TRUST,

SURESH ARIARATNAM Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Literary And Talent Agent

SIMON HOLDSWORTH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Lawyer

PAUL BENTLEY HEAL (Chair) Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeship: GLASTONBURY ABBEY,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/05/1979, number: 277723
Registered at Companies House on 22/02/1979, number: 01416448

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; AR18: 3 days late,

Main office

THEATRE ROYAL
ST. JOHNS PLACE
BATH
BA1 1ET

Objectives

3.1.1 the advancement and promotion of the arts for the benefit of the public, including (but not limited to) theatre, music, dance and live performance and the encouragement of artistic knowledge and appreciation by providing opportunities for all to experience live theatre and artistic performance, including by maintaining and supporting the Theatre Royal, Bath and all its auditoria; and 3.1.2 the advancement and promotion of education in the arts for the benefit of the public, including (but not limited to) by providing opportunities for participation in the arts to a wide and diverse community.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE BATH

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