Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 13
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

NEW DIORAMA 

To promote, maintain, improve and advance public education through dramatic performance in all forms, to make the arts relevant to the community.To provide recreation/leisure time with the object of improving conditions of life inclusive of youth, age, infirmity, disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances and that such facilities shall be available to the public at large.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 44 years

www.newdiorama.com

reece@newdiorama.com

02073839037

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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£1,185£1,196£-11£1£315£1741.7110
31/03/22£1,347£1,216£131£5£326£2692.7100
31/03/21£616£573£44£1£195£144364
31/03/20£685£739£-55£0£152£1272.160
31/03/19£908£838£69£1£206£1592.3613
31/03/18£466£448£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£323£325£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£332£306£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£295£251£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£238£237£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£237£235£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£303£345£-42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£299£324£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£310£301£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£341£293£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£353£347£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£284£280£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£301£302£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£332£313£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£283£284£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 30%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 1.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 11 employees

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£328,500
Esmee Fairbairn£148,813
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
The Foyle Foundation£50,000
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to New Diorama
£78,813 10/05/2023
Towards core costs supporting a programme elevating a generation of talented, historically under-represented theatre artists and companies
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to New Diorama Theatre
£0 07/12/2022
Grant of £7,175 towards Storage and reuse space and LED Lighting. Grant paid via Theatres Trust (22870)
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to New Diorama Theatre
£25,000 10/11/2022
Open access theatre makers programme
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£30,000 20/09/2022
towards core funding support in year beginning April 2023
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to New Diorama Theatre
£60,000 23/06/2021
Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to New Diorama
£3,200 21/06/2021
Everything Has Changed - Community Touring
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000 28/04/2021
towards core support in yearend March 2022 (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to New Diorama
£6,000 06/07/2020
12
Camden Youth Theatre - Summer Project
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to New Diorama Theatre
£10,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 fast response grant
DCMS - New Diorama Theatre
£210,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - New Diorama Theatre
£118,500 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£60,000 11/09/2019
New Diorama Theatre Core Costs 2019/20 - 2021/22
John Ellerman Foundation - core costs
£75,000 28/03/2019
36
Towards core costs of supporting new and emerging theatre companies from outside of London to create new work
Camden Giving - New Diorama Community Programme 2019 - 2022
£66,222 23/01/2019
36
The project increases capacity of the theatre which is free to use for all local groups. There has been increase in demand following the demolition of Dick Collins Hall. This project will replace and ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to New Diorama Theatre
£60,000 03/04/2017
36
Towards unrestricted core costs to underpin the organisation’s work supporting early career artists and companies from across the UK to develop their profile, practice and capacity.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to New Diorama Theatre
£20,000 15/09/2014
Towards supporting emerging theatre companies.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to New Diorama Theatre
£10,000 02/10/2012
Towards core costs for New Diorama Theatre including development support for emerging theatre companies.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Quicksilver Theatre
£14,425 30/04/2008
12
Towards Project costs Towards creating an innovative, interactive performance installation, made for and with an integrated audience of disabled and able-bodied 3 - 5 year-olds to improve ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 27-83
  • JAMES DANBY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor
  • TOM COPLEY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: London Assembly Member
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/11/1979, number: 278795
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/10/1979, number: 01453811
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 0 days late,
Main office

New Diorama Theatre
15-16 Triton Street
LONDON
NW1 3BF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL DRAMA AND OTHER FINE ARTS ESPECIALLY THOSE ACTIVITIES WHICH SEEK TO MAKE THE ARTS RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA MIME DRAMATIC IMPROVISATION LITERATURE DANCE SNGING AND MUSIC AND TO FORMULATE PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFORE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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