Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

MIND THE GAP 

The principle activitiy of the company was the provision of live theatre and arts with and for disabled people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 34 years

www.mind-the-gap.org.uk

arts@mind-the-gap.org.uk

01274487390

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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£1,440£1,580£-140£0£477£4133.1373
31/03/22£1,359£1,267£91£0£618£4804.5384
31/03/21£1,378£966£412£0£526£4445.5396
31/03/20£1,000£1,209£-209£0£114£1641.6337
31/03/19£1,255£1,199£56£0£323£2502.5317
31/03/18£667£667£1£0£267£1422.6290
31/03/17£629£588£41£0£266£1012.1240
31/03/16£568£616£-48£6£226£841.6190
31/03/15£619£515£104£11£274£1212.8110
31/03/14£488£527£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£416£531£-115£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£601£583£18£7£324£851.7140
31/03/11£571£553£18£0£306£1022.2110
31/03/10£530£517£14£0£288£872110
31/03/09£696£669£27£0£275£651.2100
31/03/08*£739£624£115£35£248£761.5100
31/03/07*£537£488£49£0£133£731.8120
31/03/06*£504£497£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£436£451£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£583£562£21£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 3.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 37 employees
  • 3 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City, Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, Kirklees, Leeds City,

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
DCMS£193,342
Esmee Fairbairn£54,495
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£46,400
The Rayne Foundation£9,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Mind the Gap Limited
£9,800 12/08/2021
Towards the extended digital roll-out of Anna
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Mind The Gap
£39,500 23/06/2021
Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
National Lottery Community Fund - Mind the Gap Social Club
£9,600 12/03/2021
4
The funding will be used to deliver a series of of zoom activity online sessions for people with learning difficulties with the sessions will include the likes of gardening cooking and craft ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding: MTG Engage programme
£46,400 16/12/2020
12
Based in Bradford, Mind The Gap (MTG) is the UK's largest learning disability theatre company. This grant allows MTG to extend their Engage programme for an additional year following interruptions ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,427 14/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Mind The Gap
£14,995 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 fast response grant
DCMS - Mind the Gap
£150,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Mind the Gap
£33,915 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Mind the Gap Limited
£29,500 24/09/2018
24
Towards the development and roll-out of Anna, an interactive forum theatre piece looking at people with learning disabilities as parents.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - MTG Engage - increasing arts access and participation by learning disabled people as participants, artists and audiences
£247,000 18/07/2017
39
Delivered in partnership with seven theatre venues, this initiative seeks to increase arts access and participation by learning disabled people as participants, artists and audiences. The programme ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Mind The Gap
£89,970 14/06/2017
36
Towards salary and project costs to create a shift in how learning disability arts is seen and engaged with across the UK.
Youth Music - MTG Academy: Youth Music Programme
£95,115 28/10/2016
MTG Academy: Youth Music Programme
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Mind the Gap
£25,000 18/01/2016
IT and audio equipment for a learning disabled theatre company based in Bradford
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Mind the Gap
£49,700 11/03/2015
Magna Carta on Trial
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Mind the Gap
£30,000 29/06/2011
the costs of the Get Into...Project including salaries of the Learning and Skills Officer , the Theatre Worker, freelance fees, marketing and project costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-79
  • EMMA GEE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Student
  • JEREMY WHALEY (Chair) Appointed: 1997, Occupation: Acc/Housing Consultant
  • KHOLA MIR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Teacher
  • LYNNE CARTER Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Head Of Equity And Diversity
  • RUTH MASON Appointed: 1996, Occupation: Fundraising Manger
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/01/1990, number: 328476
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/02/1989, number: 02348556
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 158 days late, AR07: 61 days late, AR06: 42 days late, AR05: 4 days late, AR04: 31 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SCOPE IN BRADFORD on 18/07/2023
Main office

Mind the Gap Theatre Co
Unit 2
The Silk Warehouse
Patent Street
Bradford
BD9 4SA

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, LITERATURE, SINGING AND MUSIC. 2. TO RELIEVE HANDICAPPED PERSONS FROM THEIR DISABILITIES BY EMPLOYING AND ENGAGING THEM UPON ARTISTIC PROJECTS CALCULATED TO DEVELOP QUALITIES IN THEM OR SELF AWARENESS, SELF CONFIDENCE, CREATIVITY AND ARTICULATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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