Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
    • Grant maker support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

    ROUNDABOUT 

    Roundabout provides educational, artistic and psychological benefits to a wide range of disadvantaged people in London and the surrounding areas, through the provision of a Dramatherapy service. We work with people of all ages and abilities, in weekly Dramatherapy sessions. All our Dramatherapists are qualified, experienced, registered with the Health Professions Council and CRB checked.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

    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
    31/03/23*£550£544£6£5£205£2054.563
    31/03/22£489£503£-14n/an/an/an/an/a4
    31/03/21£489£403£86n/an/an/an/an/a1
    31/03/20£430£427£4n/an/an/an/an/a4
    31/03/19£353£386£-33n/an/an/an/an/a4
    31/03/18£418£421£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£468£465£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£412£411£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£409£395£14£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£446£392£54£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£344£343£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£324£351£-28£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£392£353£38£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£345£340£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£275£269£6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£237£234£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£241£244£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£258£246£12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£257£245£12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£213£198£15£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.9%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 33%
    Liabilities/Income: 18%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 4.5 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
    Quick Ratio: 2.5
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 37 years

    www.roundaboutdramatherapy.org.uk

    info@roundaboutdramatherapy.org.uk

    0203 632 3017

    Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Disability
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Technical, vocational and continuing education
    How it operates
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout London,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities
    Who works here?
    • 6 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
    City Bridge Trust£125,600
    Henry Smith Charity£96,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£26,964
    Westminster Foundation£11,664
    The London Community Foundation£9,906
    Community Foundation for Surrey£5,978
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Creating connections and relationships in older adults through Dramatherapy.
    £9,456 18/11/2022
    The funding will be used to provide drama therapy sessions for older people with conditions including dementia and mental ill health. The project aims to provide improved social opportunities and ....more
    Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Roundabout - 17/11/21
    £1,250 21/12/2021
    Dramatherapy at St Matthew's, Westminster
    Community Foundation for Surrey - Dramatherapy at Woodfield School
    £5,978 06/05/2021
    6
    Dramatherapy sessions at Woodfield School in Merstham for children with learning disabilities and special needs.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Mental health support for isolated older adults
    £9,712 19/03/2021
    11
    The funding will be used to provide weekly dramatherapy sessions to vulnerable older people. The project aims to improve mental health and overcome feelings of loneliness and isolation due to the ....more
    The London Community Foundation - Grant to Roundabout
    £9,906 18/02/2021
    5
    The funding is for Dramatherapy sessions to help build stronger communities by improving mental health and wellbeing for vulnerable individuals. It will increase peoples resilience in coping with the ....more
    Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
    £11,664 23/04/2020
    3
    Create web-based resources to support children and their parents, carers and teachers. (Covid-19)
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Roundabout
    £125,600 30/01/2020
    60
    £125,600 over five years towards the costs of the salaries of the two co-Chief Executives over five years.
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Roundabout
    £96,000 10/12/2019
    36
    towards three years' running costs of a project in Greater London using dramatherapy to improve people's mental health and well-being
    National Lottery Community Fund - Roundabout's digital profile
    £7,796 21/10/2019
    12
    Roundabout's digital profile
    Community Foundation for Surrey - A dramatherapy project with students at Woodfield special needs School in Merstham, Surrey.
    £4,370 07/05/2019
    10
    Dramatherapy project with students at a special educational needs school.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Using dramatherapy to improve mental health in primary aged children
    £228,042 19/12/2018
    48
    The project will deliver drama therapy sessions in primary schools and will focus on developing their local networks.
    The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Roundabout
    £49,602 06/12/2018
    24
    Making connections & reducing loneliness amongst older adults who are physically frail and/or have dementia, in residential homes & day centres in Islington and Camden, using dramatherapy to ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Roundabout
    £47,808 05/09/2018
    36
    Funding for drama therapy courses for 75 5-11 year olds who have siblings with autism spectrum disorders. The sessions will improve children’s ability to express and process their emotions as well ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Dramatherapy at the Daylight Centre
    £7,594 22/11/2017
    12
    This project will run drama therapy sessions for people living with learning disabilities and autism, teaching them new skills which will improve their quality of life.
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Roundabout
    £35,000 28/09/2012
    the salaries of the Project Directors
    National Lottery Community Fund - Dramatherapy with adults with learning disabilities
    £126,929 08/09/2010
    48
    This project aims to improve the quality of life for adults with learning disabilities across several London boroughs. The project provides weekly dramatherapy sessions at residential homes, day ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Dramatherapy with Older Adults
    £218,420 08/09/2010
    48
    This project. The project aims to improve the quality of life for older adults across several London boroughs who may suffer from dementia or from other mental health problems associated with aging. ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (6)

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/09/1987, number: 297491
    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
    • 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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR23: 5 days late,
    Main office

    143 Cheam Road
    Cheam
    SUTTON
    Surrey
    SM1 2BP

    Objectives

    (I) TO RELIEVE AND REHABILITATE PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL, MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED OR WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE THROUGH THE USE OF DRAMA AND MOVEMENT THEREAPY AND (II) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE USE OF SUCH THERAPY.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE GLA

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
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