Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 10

GUILD OF PLAYERS

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 63 years

www.theatreroyaldumfries.co.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Data adjusted to reflect year end change

Period ending	30/04/18	30/04/19	30/04/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Charitable activities	£187,561	£228,693	£203,366	£6,955		£248,390
Donations & Legacies	£155,391	£141,360	£173,540	£264,022		£82,506
Other Income
Investment Income						£235
Total income	£342,952	£370,053	£376,906	£270,977	£354,621	£331,131
Charitable activities spending	£327,872	£398,038	£369,897	£144,602		£403,393
Fundraising costs
Other spending	£28,186	£5,032	£5,236	£8,299		£6,268
Total spending	£356,058	£403,070	£375,133	£152,901	£268,099	£409,661
Surplus/deficit	-£13,106	-£33,017	£1,773	£118,076	£86,522	-£78,530

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Listed activities

It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of citizenship or community development
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Where it operates

Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Dumfries And Galloway

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who it helps

Children or young people
No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Other charities or voluntary bodies

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

The Foyle Foundation	£40,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Scottish Government	£15,044

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000	18/09/2023	towards core costs over the next 12 months
Scottish Government - Guild of Players -( Theatre Royal Dumfries)
£15,044	12/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000	28/11/2019	towards core funding in 2020
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	10/07/2019	Theatre Royal Dumfries: Arts Access for All
Robertson Trust - The Heritage & Education Officer
£8,500	30/07/2018	The Heritage & Education Officer

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 22-80

ALDRIDGE, Anne Elizabeth
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Retired

DONOWHO, Alistair Kevin
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Ambulance Technician

MCDONALD, Nadine
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Student

REEKIE, Rachel
Appointed: 2021
Occupation: Charity Manager

STEWART, David
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Structural Engineer

THOMPSON, Elizabeth Margaret
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Management Consultant

WEATHERUP, Moira Rachel
Appointed: 2017
Occupation: Local Authority Officer

WILSON, Jennifer
Appointed: 2016
Occupation: Retired

WILSON, Kirsty
Appointed: 2018
Occupation: Local Government Officer

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 02/11/1961, number: SC001963
Registered at Companies House on 31/10/2012, number: SC435841

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Theatre Royal, 58-70 Shakespeare Street, Dumfries, DG1 2JH

Objectives

The charity’s objects are: (a) The advancement of the arts, heritage and culture, in particular but not exclusively, through the promotion and support of performance, exhibition, instruction and study of all forms of art and culture and the preservation, maintenance, improvement and operation of theatres, venues and other similar facilities. (b) The advancement of community development by providing, improving and maintaining public amenities, supporting local regeneration, providing education and training opportunities, providing and improving arts and recreational facilities, encouraging volunteering and increasing the involvement of people of all ages and abilities and, in particular, young people, in community activity centred on the arts and so assisting with the regeneration of their communities. (c) To pursue such objects as may by law be deemed charitable and, in particular, to promote the well being of the community resident in Dumfries and the wider area of Dumfries and Galloway by associating Local Authorities, local artistic organisations and residents in a common effort to advance education and to foster a community spirit for the achievement of the aforesaid purposes. 5. The charity’s objects are restricted to those set out in article 4 (but subject to article 6). 6. The charity may (subject to first obtaining the consent of OSCR) add to, remove or alter the statement of the charity’s objects in article 4. on any occasion when it does so, it must give notice to the registrar of companies and the amendment will not be effective until that notice is registered on the register of companies.

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