Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 11

Accounts overdue -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 7

LITTLE THEATRE (GATESHEAD) LIMITED

Provide and maintain The Little Theatre as a venue for performing groups mainly amateur

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing

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
31/03/22	£132	£67	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/03/21	£68	£52	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/03/20	£72	£64	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	160
31/03/19	£72	£64	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	160
31/03/18	£117	£49	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	160
31/03/17	£56	£63	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£56	£59	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£84	£77	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£53	£63	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£61	£93	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£48	£53	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£156	£48	£107	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£60	£54	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£48	£42	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£43	£40	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£43	£40	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£44	£34	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£38	£33	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£32	£37	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 43 years

littletheatregateshead.com

ltgboardsecretary@gmail.com

0191 4781499

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides human resources

Where it operates

Gateshead,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
150 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£70,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£50,000
DCMS	£26,117
The Foyle Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	11/12/2020	Creating a new rehearsal space at Little Theatre Gateshead - Top up
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000	11/12/2020	Creating a new rehearsal space at Little Theatre Gateshead
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	11/12/2020	Creating a new rehearsal space at Little Theatre Gateshead - Top up
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£10,000	30/09/2020	as a further contribution to the capital project (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£26,117	25/09/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Theatre development project
£50,000	18/03/2020 24	The funding will be used to add extra space to The Little Theatre. The space will increase their capacity to produce and promote participation in theatre, music and arts activity for residents in ....more The funding will be used to add extra space to The Little Theatre. The space will increase their capacity to produce and promote participation in theatre, music and arts activity for residents in Gateshead. It will create room for activities like youth theatre. It will also allow them to deliver new activities and engage with people not currently participating in activities. This will increase self-confidence, self-esteem, sense of well-being, career opportunities, overall social inclusion and cohesion.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

EDWARD COLLINS Appointed: 2015

HUW PRITCHARD Appointed: 2019

JUDITH CARRUTHERS Appointed: 2022

MICHAEL SWALLOW

ROBERT CARRUTHERS (Chair)

SUSAN CLARK Appointed: 2006

SYLVIA BERTIE Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/12/1980, number: 510742
Registered at Companies House on 17/01/2003, number: 04640680

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Risk management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Little Theatre
1-4 Saltwell View
Low Fell
Gateshead
Tyne and Wear
NE8 4JS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADAVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREOF PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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