Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THEATRE ALIBI

Theatre Alibi has been making theatre since 1982 and has a national reputation for high quality and imaginative work for people of all ages. We tour to the tiniest primary school in our home county, Devon, and to some of the best-known theatres in the country.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • 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
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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£368£435£-67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£360£373£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£365£358£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£388£389£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£375£383£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£397£383£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£410£400£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£454£413£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£424£402£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£415£446£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£405£450£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£405£450£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£480£464£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£464£393£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£487£399£89n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£362£373£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£369£370£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£310£325£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£302£282£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£332£357£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 36 years

www.theatrealibi.co.uk

info@theatrealibi.co.uk

01392217315

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 04/04/2022
Theatre and storytelling for all
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Theatre Alibi
£26,594 09/03/2022
A Festival of St Thomas Stories
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 14/08/2020
Theatre Alibi: Theatre for All
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Theatre Alibi
£22,900 05/09/2019
Discovering the Hidden Stories of St Thomas, Exeter

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-68
  • ANNA ELIZABETH VALENTINE- MARSH Appointed: 2022
  • DR ERIN WALCON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Research Fellow
  • EMMA BARKER HOGG (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Executive Director
  • JULIA KATHRYN ROBINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Board Member
  • JULIAN NEIL OFFORD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Education Adviser
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/07/1988, number: 299565
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/06/1988, number: 02265919
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Theatre Alibi
Emmanuel Hall
Emmanuel Road
Exeter
EX4 1EJ

Objectives

THE PROMOTION MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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