Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

BRENTWOOD THEATRE TRUST LIMITED 

To provide drama and dance facilities for local amateur drama groups and for local groups with learning or physical disabilities.Also facilities for professional touring companies.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£115£136£-21n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/07/22£120£113£7n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/07/21£52£51£1n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/07/20£118£102£16n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/07/19£245£274£-29n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/07/18£224£252£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17£289£262£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£246£230£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£226£225£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£196£198£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£210£210£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£164£191£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11*£207£215£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£174£187£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£136£150£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£141£159£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£151£164£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£141£128£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£132£136£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£111£111£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 42 years
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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-83
  • ROBERT SOUTHGATE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Business Development Consultant, Financial Service
  • STEPHEN ABBOTT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Chartered Accountant - Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/11/1982, number: 285716
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/10/1982, number: 01669034
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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 expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 1 days late,
Main office

Brentwood Theatre
The Hermitage
15 Shenfield Road
BRENTWOOD
CM15 8AG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE DISTRICT OF BRENTWOOD PARTICULARLY BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A THEATRE AND BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCUDING THE ARTS FO DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRENTWOOD DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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