Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

THE MAYFLOWER THEATRE TRUST 

The primary objectives of the trust as defined by the memorandum and articles of association are the encouragement of the arts, the promotion and advancement of education, and the cultivation and improvement of public education in drama, mime, opera, singing, music, dance, painting, and sculpture, cinema, literature and other arts.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

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
02/04/23£25,566£23,365£2,202£611£20,744£19,70710.123410
27/03/22£16,737£16,152£584£443£18,605£17,541131218
28/03/21£4,305£5,177£-872£12£17,917£16,823391010
29/03/20£23,069£21,608£1,461£744£18,358£17,2309.613028
31/03/19£17,259£16,797£462£650£17,052£15,88611.310316
01/04/18£19,569£18,037£1,532£753£16,467£15,098101230
02/04/17£21,646£19,840£1,806£826£14,861£13,5508.21160
03/04/16£18,161£17,340£821£901£12,792£11,3967.91180
29/03/15£25,630£22,726£2,905£744£11,992£10,5665.61160
30/03/14£16,191£15,305£885£580£9,009£7,5285.91100
30/03/13£17,554£16,865£689£688£8,100£6,5514.7980
31/03/12£15,337£15,019£318£625£7,328£5,7574.6970
02/04/11£14,457£13,846£612£644£7,017£5,4144.7860
31/03/10£10,312£10,391£-79£402£6,370£5,2936.1840
31/03/09£12,390£11,360£1,030£394£6,449£5,3565.7860
31/03/08£14,604£14,157£447£519£5,669£4,5553.91940
31/03/07£11,407£10,857£550£483£5,222£4,0914.51200
31/03/06£9,747£9,498£250£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£9,308£9,052£256£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£7,988£7,861£127£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 33%
Liabilities/Income: 41%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 10.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 38 years

www.mayflower.org.uk

helen.downey@mayflower.org.uk

02380711800

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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
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Southampton City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 234 employees
  • 10 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund - Mayflower Theatre Trust
£3,000,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 11/10/2017
Mayflower 90 Auditorium Refurbishment
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Mayflower Theatre
£50,000 18/02/2016
Mayflower Theatre - Heritage: ENGAGE

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-70
  • GUY JOHN ALLISON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Manager - Air Traffic Control Company
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/06/1986, number: 294745
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/06/1986, number: 02026445
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
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Mayflower Theatre
Empire lane
Southampton
SO15 1AP

Objectives

THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE CULTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN DRAMA, MIME, OPERA, SINGING, MUSIC, DANCE, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, CINEMA, LITERATURE AND OTHER ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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