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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

PENTABUS ARTS LIMITED

Pentabus is a contemporary theatre company, producing original plays about the rural world for local and national audiences. Based on a farm in Shropshire, we make a real commitment to the creative health of the countryside, encouraging artists to draw from it and urging communities to participate in it.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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 £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£381£337£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£398£416£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£252£206£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£344£332£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£302£305£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£364£346£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£375£334£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£345£291£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£334£344£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£273£236£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£257£268£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£233£235£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£248£205£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£235£298£-62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£210£191£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£247£252£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£242£249£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£234£228£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£259£233£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£237£252£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 41 years

www.pentabus.co.uk

info@pentabus.co.uk

01584 873229

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • 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
Esmee Fairbairn£43,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£11,500
Herefordshire Community Foundation£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 21/10/2022
Weston Charity Award Winner 2021-2022 Bonus
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Pentabus Young Company work in Herefordshire
£3,000 16/08/2022
Grant to Pentabus Theatre Companty
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Pentabus Theatre
£35,000 23/06/2021
Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 09/06/2021
Weston Charity Award Winner 2021-2022
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Pentabus Theatre
£8,500 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£45,000 29/11/2018
36
A proposal to the Garfield Weston Foundation for continued core support enabling us to become ‘A national company, local to you’, embedding us as the Nation’s Rural Theatre Company.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Pentabus Theatre
£60,000 20/09/2017
36
Towards the development of new theatre about the contemporary rural world, and making it accessible to rural communities.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Pentabus Theatre
£90,000 16/07/2014
Towards core funding that will enable the organisation to expand its live theatre provision in rural areas, reach more audiences and build its capacity.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-71
  • ANNE HELENE JULIETTE BIOSSE-DUPLAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Non-Profit Organisation Management
  • EMMA DENNIS-EDWARDS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Actor & Writer
  • FRANCESCA HELEN SPICKERNELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Philanthropy Manager
  • ISABEL FRANCES MARGARET CULLISS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Managing Partner
  • JACOBA KEBE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Actor
  • JOEL PETER EDWARD HALL BA, MMUS Appointed: 2024
  • KIERAN MICHAEL O'FLAHERTY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Hr Consultant
  • MADELEINE FRANCES BEDFORD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Sign Language Interpreter
  • MICHELLE ANN BROWN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Artistic Director
  • NUALA MARY O'KANE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/01/1984, number: 287909
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/08/1983, number: 01747169
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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; AR06: 2 days late,
Main office

Pentabus
c/o Ludlow Assembly Rooms
1 Mill Street
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 1AZ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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