Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +8

    THE CITIZENS THEATRE LTD 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
    • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
    • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
    Established: 78 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Charitable activities £3,457,697 £4,280,237 £3,805,811 £4,447,785 £9,076,789
    Donations & Legacies £110,218 £119,837 £133,545 £87,796 £58,719
    Other Income
    Investment Income £1,536 £2,039 £3,933 £735 £5,447
    Total income £3,831,638 £4,458,947 £3,948,062 £4,543,238 £7,521,539 £9,146,647
    Charitable activities spending £3,143,198 £2,671,088 £2,260,624 £1,568,226 £2,102,312
    Fundraising costs 10% 3% 3% 2% 1% 1%
    Other spending
    Total spending £3,525,350 £2,823,271 £2,364,956 £1,646,373 £1,730,585 £2,184,443
    Surplus/deficit £306,288 £1,635,676 £1,583,106 £2,896,865 £5,790,954 £6,962,204
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
    Where it operates
    • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City
    • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

    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£100,000
    Backstage Trust£95,841
    DCMS£55,553
    National Lottery Community Fund£9,904
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - All We Can Do
    £9,904 31/01/2023
    This group will use the funding to deliver a community and arts empowerment project supporting women navigating the interlinking systems of criminal justice homelessness addiction violence and ....more
    Backstage Trust - Capital grant
    £95,841 29/04/2022
    Purchase and installation of powered flying hoists in main house
    DCMS - Women's Own at The Chara Centre and Elder Street, Glasgow
    £27,777 01/04/2020
    Citizens Theatre aims to continue and develop a series of therapeutic arts workshops in Glasgow, to be run inside and in partnership with two statutory residential centres for women with multiple and ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
    £100,000 16/10/2019
    Theatre Redevelopment
    DCMS - Women's Own at The Chara Centre and Elder Street, Glasgow
    £27,777 01/04/2019
    Citizens Theatre aims to continue and develop a series of therapeutic arts workshops in Glasgow, to be run inside and in partnership with two statutory residential centres for women with multiple and ....more
    Glasgow City Council - Citizens Theatre Annual Programme
    £290,000 21/03/2019
    Glasgow's main repertory theatre and young people's company based in Gorbals. An annual programme of in-house and visiting work.
    DCMS - Women's Own at The Chara Centre and Elder Street, Glasgow
    £27,777 10/12/2018
    Citizens Theatre aims to continue and develop a series of therapeutic arts workshops in Glasgow, to be run inside and in partnership with two statutory residential centres for women with multiple and ....more
    DCMS - Women's Own at The Chara Centre and Elder Street, Glasgow
    £20,833 10/12/2018
    Citizens Theatre aims to continue and develop a series of therapeutic arts workshops in Glasgow, to be run inside and in partnership with two statutory residential centres for women with multiple and ....more
    Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Citizens Theatre
    £70,000 05/12/2018
    Rehearsal rooms in redeveloped theatre
    Comic Relief - Women's Own at The Chara Centre and Elder Street, Glasgow
    £83,330 06/11/2018
    36
    Citizens Theatre aims to continue and develop a series of therapeutic arts workshops in Glasgow, to be run inside and in partnership with two statutory residential centres for women with multiple and ....more
    Glasgow City Council - Citizens Theatre Annual Programme
    £290,000 31/05/2018
    Glasgow's main repertory theatre and young people's company based in Gorbals. An annual programme of in-house and visiting work.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
    £250,000 27/03/2018
    Citizens Theatre Building Redevelopment
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community Collective - Combating Isolation & Loneliness through Drama
    £79,957 20/02/2018
    48
    This company will use the funding to support a diverse range of isolated and lonely people facing challenging circumstances in Glasgow by setting up a drop-in drama group called the ‘Community ....more
    Women's Fund for Scotland - Creative sessions and workshops
    £5,000 06/12/2017
    9
    to contribute towards the cost of running 32 32 creative sessions and workshop rehearsals over a 10 month period.
    Robertson Trust - Creative Learning Officer
    £45,000 31/08/2016
    Creative Learning Officer
    Glasgow City Council - Citizens Theatre Annual Programme
    £290,000 14/04/2016
    Glasgow's main repertory theatre and young people's company based in Gorbals. An annual programme of in-house and visiting work.
    Comic Relief - Women's Own': transforming the lives of vulnerable and at-risk women through drama, music and art.
    £72,294 15/07/2015
    36
    The Chara Centre is located in one of Glasgow’s most socially deprived areas and provides emergency respite for at-risk women who have been referred by social or prison services. As part of a ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Citizens Theatre
    £5,295,000 20/05/2014
    The Citizens Theatre redevelopment
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    The Citizens Theatre Limited, 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow, G5 9DS

    Objectives

    The company’s objects are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education particularly by the encouragement of the arts, including the arts of drama, dance, music and opera.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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