Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

NORTHERN STAGE (THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS) LIMITED 

Northern Stage is the largest producing theatre company in the North East of England. We offer a wide range of people world-class theatrical experiences through a high-quality programme in Newcastle, an innovative programme of participation activities and touring productions throughout the UK.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 36 years

www.northernstage.co.uk

info@northernstage.co.uk

01912427200

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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£3,076£3,803£-728£0£4,097£7512.4770
31/03/22£3,085£3,516£-431£30£4,825£1,1033.8730
31/03/21*£3,291£2,499£792£61£5,256£7663.7810
31/03/20*£3,392£3,780£-388£66£4,463£3021920
31/03/19£3,265£3,590£-324£90£4,851£3601.2870
31/03/18£4,382£4,608£-226£82£5,175£3590.9850
31/03/17*£3,432£3,488£-56£57£5,401£3511.2940
31/03/16£3,075£3,278£-203£62£5,457£3391.2920
31/03/15£2,850£3,138£-288£79£5,660£2631870
31/03/14£2,543£2,799£-256£82£5,948£2511.1630
31/03/13£2,740£3,050£-309£95£6,204£1980.8630
31/03/12£2,068£2,464£-396£77£6,513£1900.9580
31/03/11*£2,861£3,161£-300£84£6,909£2861.1660
31/03/10£2,535£2,960£-425£84£7,209£1830.7650
31/03/09£2,411£2,839£-428£79£7,634£7,44831.5610
31/03/08£2,533£2,873£-340£78£8,062£1490.6650
31/03/07*£2,037£2,079£-41£75£8,402£1400.8600
31/03/06*£1,834£1,796£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£3,022£1,986£1,036£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,704£2,067£637£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 18%
Reserves/Spending: 2.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne City,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 77 employees

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£983,358
Garfield Weston Foundation£350,000
Esmee Fairbairn£69,250
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£49,253
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£44,809
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Shears Foundation - Northen Stage
£5,000 29/04/2022
Northern Stage Creative Participation
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Northern Stage (Theatrical Productions) Limited
£5,089 02/12/2021
The organisation's charitable activities providing a Christmas show and its work with primary aged children in Byker
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£307,000 27/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Byker Partnership Manager
£23,333 18/08/2021
The project will use the funding to continue employing a member of staff who will help to carry out consultation and pilot activities which in the longer term will bring together children adults and ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Northern Stage (Theatrical Productions) Limited
£10,000 24/06/2021
Core staff costs of delivering a programme of community support and creative activity on the Byker Estate (uplift)
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Northern Stage (Theatrical Productions) Limited
£27,000 24/06/2021
Core staff costs of delivering a programme of community support and creative activity on the Byker Estate
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Northern Stage Ltd
£44,250 23/06/2021
Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Northern Stage (Theatrical Productions) Limited
£1,720 03/06/2021
Costs of Creative Futures, addressing the inequality of opportunity for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to access jobs outside their restricted view of the world
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Northern Stage (Theatrical Productions) Limited
£1,000 29/04/2021
The participation of young people in the European Youth Theatre Festival in summer 2021
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£320,000 12/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£84,775 23/07/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Northern Stage
£3,024 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional staffing costs, lunch packs and travel costs to support children and young people who are currently isolated due to Covid-19. As a reuslt, young people will ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,024 27/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Northern Stage Ltd
£25,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 01/05/2020
Northern Stage Participation Programme
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the Cultural Encounters Programme
£9,903 24/04/2020
the Cultural Encounters Programme
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Core Costs Participation team Year 3
£32,000 02/04/2020
Core Costs Participation team Year 3
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - creative activities for young people living in Byker
£7,350 02/04/2020
creative activities for young people living in Byker
DCMS - Northern Stage
£393,559 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Northern Stage
£195,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Core Costs Participation team Year 2
£32,000 01/04/2019
Core Costs Participation team Year 2
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to City of Dreams (cheques to Northern Stage)
£26,000 01/03/2019
24
Core costs - salary
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - City of Dreams Creative Pathways - a Guy Readman Rising Stars Project
£20,000 22/02/2019
City of Dreams Creative Pathways - a Guy Readman Rising Stars Project
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Northern Stage
£36,000 21/09/2018
36
"Young Company"
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Northern Stage
£29,292 13/03/2018
36
This project will deliver summer and half term performing arts activities for children and young people who are at risk of exclusion and live in the Byker Wall Estate. Activities will increase self ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Core Costs Participation team Year 1
£32,000 04/01/2018
Core Costs Participation team Year 1
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Northern Stage Ltd
£165,000 25/04/2017
36
Towards a programme of talent development for North East based actors and theatre-makers.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support for core costs Year 3
£50,000 01/04/2017
Support for core costs Year 3
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Northern Stage
£150,000 15/07/2016
2016 Theatre Award for a two year programme to provide opportunities for young people to access training and develop practical skills
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Support for core costs Year 2
£50,000 01/04/2016
Towards Support for core costs Year 2
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Northern Stage Ltd
£85,000 22/07/2015
36
Towards the costs of running the Newcastle Gateshead Cultural Venues consortium and towards projects involving staff training, economic models, audience development and learning and participation.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support for core costs Year 1
£50,000 01/04/2015
Support for core costs Year 1
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Northern Stage Ltd
£120,000 18/12/2013
Towards a programme of support for emerging theatre-makers in the North East region.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 26-67
  • ANNE BONNER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Charity Chief Executive
  • JOANNA KATE ROBINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of The School Of English Literature, Language
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/03/1988, number: 700055
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/11/1987, number: 02187213
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 handling
  • 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
  • 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; AR21: 38 days late, AR20: 12 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR11: 12 days late, AR07: 24 days late, AR06: 58 days late, AR05: 15 days late,
Main office

BARRAS BRIDGE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 7RH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE ARTISTIC AND AESTHETIC EDUCATION AND THE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS OF DRAMA, LITERATURE, POETRY , OPERA, MIME, MUSIC, DANCE AND BALLET, WHETHER PRESENTED BY LIVING PERSONS ON THE STAGE OR BY FILMS, BROADCAST, TELEVISION OR OTHER FORMS OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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