Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

ELEMENTS WORLD THEATRE

Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
Total income £10,901 £2,979 £7,418 £5,127 £0 £250
Total spending £8,796 £3,047 £8,848 £5,633 £565 £485
Surplus/deficit £2,105 -£68 -£1,430 -£506 -£565 -£235
Established: 31 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Directors (3)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 52-78
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 16/11/1993, number: SC022072
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/04/2005, number: SC283766
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

11 Learmonth Gardens, Edinburgh, EH4 1HB

Objectives

The Object of the Company shall be the advancement of education for the public benefit through the promotion of, and by encouraging participation in, the Arts. And in furtherance thereof but not otherwise the Company shall seek: (1) To promote individual and collective creativity. (2) To promote co-operation between artists of different cultural backgrounds, races and disciplines and the public. and (3) To present high quality productions and arts projects in support of the stated Object.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator

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