Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 12

Liabilities <10%: +3
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 20

TARA ARTS GROUP

Tara Arts' People, Words & Art: Connecting World, through the production and promotion of cross-cultural theatre at Tara Theatre in London and on national tour.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 37 years

www.taratheatre.com

info@taratheatre.com

02083334457

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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	*	£787	£919	£-132	£6	£3,365	£683	8.9	10	3
31/03/22		£895	£786	£109	£5	£3,497	£820	12.5	8	2
31/03/21		£476	£376	£100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20		£664	£440	£224	£22	£3,288	£631	17.2	4	17
31/03/19		£753	£846	£-94	£53	£3,064	£398	5.6	4	23
31/03/18	*	£666	£782	£-116	£15	£3,157	£385	5.9	4	0
31/03/17		£988	£1,007	£-20	£28	£3,273	£579	6.9	5	0
31/03/16		£2,259	£554	£1,705	£20	£3,293	£695	15.1	6	0
31/03/15		£1,357	£616	£741	£355	£1,588	£543	10.6	4	0
31/03/14	*	£515	£453	£62	£138	£847	£546	14.5	7	0
31/03/13		£614	£556	£58	£261	£785	£592	12.8	6	0
31/03/12		£426	£409	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£461	£427	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£1,168	£503	£665	£281	£677	£656	15.6	6	0
31/03/09		£281	£303	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£546	£615	£-70	£323	£34	£33	0.6	5	0
31/03/07		£489	£498	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£521	£502	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£404	£447	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£382	£382	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 20%
Reserves/Spending: 8.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 4.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

10 employees
3 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Esmee Fairbairn	£268,000
DCMS	£129,546
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£99,900
Garfield Weston Foundation	£80,000
The Foyle Foundation	£25,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£17,886
City Bridge Trust	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Tara Arts Group Ltd
£60,000	13/12/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs to support the company through a transitionary period while supporting the work of South Asian theatre practitioners and developing work within Tara's local community
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Tara Arts Group Ltd
£13,000	30/01/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	29/07/2022	Tara Theatre Residency Model
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Tara Arts Group Ltd
£195,000	31/08/2021 36	Towards unrestricted core costs to support the work of South Asian theatre practitioners and develop work within Tara's local community
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000	28/04/2021	towards Constellations a UK wide Artist Development Programme to support diverse emerging talents
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tara Arts Group Ltd
£99,900	18/03/2021	NL20:Amma
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award WCF award - COVID19 response
£50,000	05/02/2021	Weston Culture Fund to Regular Grant
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Tara Arts Group Ltd
£10,000	15/12/2020	0
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£17,886	14/10/2020 6	Tara Arts is an award-winning multicultural theatre in London committed to connecting audiences to Indian stories and worlds. They host and produce a variety of shows including theatre, comedy, music ....more Tara Arts is an award-winning multicultural theatre in London committed to connecting audiences to Indian stories and worlds. They host and produce a variety of shows including theatre, comedy, music and family performances. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.
DCMS - Tara: Connecting Worlds 2018-2022
£103,580	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - Tara Arts CRF Round 2
£25,966	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Tara Arts
£30,100	08/03/2017 12	Trainee Opportunities
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tara Arts Group Ltd
£84,900	11/01/2017	BINGLISH the cultural heritage connecting UK-India theatre from the 1800's to the 20th Century
John Ellerman Foundation - the national touring programme "Black Theatre Live!"
£30,000	23/03/2016 36	Towards core costs specifically the national touring programme "Black Theatre Live!".
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Tara Arts Group Ltd
£91,520	02/03/2016 36	Towards the Black Theatre Live consortium, aiming to develop Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic touring theatre.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Tara Arts Group Ltd
£40,000	19/06/2014	£40,000 for the provision of a platform passenger lift to improve access for all users of the theatre.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tara Arts Group Ltd
£72,600	10/06/2014	SOURCE - London's lost & forgotten rivers & the capitals pioneering Victorians
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Tara Arts Group Ltd
£52,800	07/08/2013	Tara Arts: Digital Theatre Archive

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-57

AJAY CHHABRA Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: CREATIVE KERNOW LIMITED,

ANDREW GIVEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Development Director

ANU GIRI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Business And Operations Bfi Festivals

HELEN JEFFREYS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Executive Director

JAVID HAMID Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Partner

JOANNA SUNITA PANDYA (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of Arts Organisation

LISA LOGAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

NEHA JAIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Banking / Theatre

SAGAR SHAH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Communications Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/03/1987, number: 295547
Registered at Companies House on 29/09/1986, number: 02059664

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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; AR23: 17 days late, AR18: 56 days late, AR14: 0 days late, AR05: 22 days late,

Main office

356 GARRATT LANE
LONDON
SW18 4ES

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF ASIAN CULTURAL, ASIAN ORIGIN OR ASIAN INFLUENCED PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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