Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

MASQUE THEATRE

Masque produces five major indoor plays a year and an outdoor summer production of a Shakespeare play. We also provide performances in the community on behalf of other charitable or service organisations. The Masque Youth Theatre provides a weekly workshop for young people from 11-18 and produces one public performance a year. They also offer performances for other organisations.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very 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:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management 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

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
30/06/24£30£21£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/23£25£22£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£25£27£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£2£6£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20?£15£15£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£20£24£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£20£20£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16£32£25£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£26£34£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/14£21£27£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/13?£18£20£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£30£45£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£33£28£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£31£30£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09£25£25£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/08*£27£24£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/07*£46£49£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/06£24£22£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£17£15£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04*£29£21£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 38 years

www.masquetheatre.co.uk

chair@masquetheatre.co.uk

01604722574

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Jubilee Tea Party Standoff
£10,000 22/03/2022
To create a piece of pop-up theatre to mark the Jubilee that will tour non-traditional outdoor spaces in June.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CLARE BRITTAIN
  • CRAIG ROBERT MACPHERSON Appointed: 2015
  • ELIZABETH ALLEN Appointed: 2015
  • ROBERT KENDALL (Chair) Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/07/1986, number: 294848
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 9 days late, AR07: 375 days late, AR04: 388 days late,
Main office

65 The Drive
NORTHAMPTON
NN1 4SJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE ART OF DRAMA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH ART.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NORTHAMPTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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