Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

WAKEFIELD THEATRE TRUST 

Theatre owners & managers; cultural development agency focused primarily on the performing arts in Wakefield District but with extensive national touring throughout the UK.
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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 50 years

www.theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk

mail@theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk

01924334112

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookInstagramX
UN SDGs
?

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£2,058£2,251£-193£235£2,143£55532384
31/03/22£1,749£1,741£8£168£2,239£6184.32673
31/03/21£1,190£824£366£97£2,168£2683.92033
31/03/20£2,143£2,092£52£206£1,801£1050.626127
31/03/19£2,093£1,973£120£199£1,704£520.328134
31/03/18£2,407£1,891£517£169£1,533£-11-0.1260
31/03/17£2,107£2,009£98£159£965£-74-0.4260
31/03/16£1,657£1,760£-103£180£805£-154-1260
31/03/15£1,653£1,711£-58£136£504£-44-0.3250
31/03/14*£1,770£1,615£155£289£548£-47-0.3250
31/03/13*£1,435£1,916£-480£299£364£-125-0.8220
31/03/12*£1,440£1,411£29£244£845£-132-1.1350
31/03/11*£1,358£1,316£42£272£816£-134-1.2240
31/03/10*£1,289£1,291£-2£302£773£-180-1.7260
31/03/09*£1,218£1,269£-51£305£775£-181-1.7230
31/03/08*£1,161£1,209£-48£310£826£-143-1.4230
31/03/07£1,115£1,064£51£276£874£-123-1.4220
31/03/06£1,389£1,071£317£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£846£831£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£768£760£9£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 14.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 40%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 26%
Reserves/Spending: 3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • City Of Wakefield,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 23 employees
  • 84 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
DCMS£584,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£200,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£98,300
Youth Music£29,887
Power to Change£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£1,241 24/10/2022
Covid response
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Theatre Royal Wakefield
£8,918 26/05/2022
Victorian Theatres Small Repairs Fund
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Theatre Royal Wakefield
£2,000 28/02/2022
Core costs for Older People's Welfare
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£200,000 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 02/07/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Power to Change - C-19 TISS - Theatre Royal Wakefield
£25,000 01/07/2020
Grant to C-19 TISS - Theatre Royal Wakefield
Leeds Community Foundation - Matcham Heritage Project
£4,171 05/05/2020
16
Grant to Theatre Royal Wakefield
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£10,000 20/04/2020
Grant to Theatre Royal Wakefield
DCMS - Securing the future for Theatre Royal Wakefield
£475,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - CRFG2 - Securing the future of Theatre Royal Wakefield
£109,500 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wakefield Theatre Trust
£98,300 29/10/2019
Matcham Resilience Project
Youth Music - Music-Making for Theatre
£29,887 05/07/2019
Music-Making for Theatre
Leeds Community Foundation - Through their eyes
£3,775 03/12/2018
12
Grant to Theatre Royal Wakefield
Key Fund - Arts, heritage, sports and faith
£40,000 02/03/2018
All Groups
Power to Change - Theatre Royal Wakefield
£100,000 01/12/2016
36
Grant to Theatre Royal Wakefield
Key Fund - Arts, heritage, sports and faith
£100,000 30/08/2016
All Groups
Key Fund - Arts, heritage, sports and faith
£100,000 30/08/2016
All Groups
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Theatre Royal Wakefield
£4,000 22/07/2015
Theatre Royal Performance Academy
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 25-76
  • JACQUIE SPEIGHT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Metropolitan District Councillor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/09/1974, number: 503597
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/06/1974, number: 01173859
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
  • Investing charity funds 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; AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 28 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR11: 4 days late, AR10: 16 days late, AR09: 380 days late, AR08: 447 days late, AR05: 22 days late, AR04: 72 days late,
Main office

Theatre Royal Wakefield
12 Drury Lane
WAKEFIELD
WF1 2TE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOSTER IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS OF MUSIC SINGING DRAMA MIME AND DANCE AND THE ARTS CO-RELATED THEREWITH. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great