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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

CUTTING EDGE THEATRE LTD 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine


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Established: 23 years

www.cuttingedgetheatre.co.uk

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Data adjusted to reflect year end change
Period ending 30/09/17 30/09/18 30/09/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
Total income £65,172 £19,425 £30,414 £77,123 £87,781 £209,990
Total spending £25,054 £48,131 £26,417 £44,239 £63,690 £177,226
Surplus/deficit £40,118 -£28,706 £3,997 £32,884 £24,091 £32,764
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of religion
  • The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Midlothian
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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
Foundation Scotland£23,500
Robertson Trust£10,000
Scottish Government£6,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Foundation Scotland - INSPIRE drama sessions for disabled children
£3,000 20/12/2023
To contribute towards the staff costs of the INSPIRE drama sessions for disabled children aged 8-12 years old in Edinburgh in 2024.
Foundation Scotland - INSPIRE DisabilityTheatre - Fife
£2,500 21/07/2023
To contribute to costs of delivering a weekly drama class for adults with disabilities living in Fife.
Foundation Scotland - INSPIRE Youth Theatre (Edinburgh)
£5,000 12/06/2023
To contribute to specialist drama tutor costs involved in running the INSPIRE Disability Arts project in Edinburgh for learning disabled young people to develop confidence, social and communication ....more
Foundation Scotland - Cutting Edge Theatre Young Company
£5,000 14/03/2022
To contribute towards the cost of a Guest Director, Music Movement and Performance for Camera Tutors, and Associate Learning Disabled Artists to deliver theatre productions and training.
Foundation Scotland - ONLINE DRAMA SESSIONS/VIDEOS
£3,000 13/08/2021
To cover the cost of online drama sessions.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Cutting Edge Theatre Ltd
£5,000 30/09/2020
To contribute to salary costs associated with running online drama workshops to people with disabilities who live in Fife.
Scottish Government - Cutting Edge Theatre Ltd
£6,000 10/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Robertson Trust - The Costs of the Tutors for the INSPIRE Groups
£10,000 26/06/2019
The Costs of the Tutors for the INSPIRE Groups
Robertson Trust - The Costs of the Tutors for the INSPIRE Groups
£5,000 27/06/2018
The Costs of the Tutors for the INSPIRE Groups
Corra Foundation - HDA-17/369
£3,600 05/10/2017
Towards tutor costs to deliver the Inspire Project in five Special Needs Schools in Edinburgh.
National Lottery Community Fund - Downs with Love
£48,880 19/04/2017
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 41-61
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 03/09/2001, number: SC032252
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/09/2001, number: SC222790
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

6/6 Albion Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5QX

Objectives

To advance education for the public benefit by the promotion of the arts, in particular but not exclusively the art of drama.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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