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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending


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Established: 22 years

www.nationaltheatrescotland.com

Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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 £1,432,461 £3,477,627 £2,684,586 £1,158,860 £871,627
Donations & Legacies £4,865,895 £4,926,376 £4,562,338 £4,838,489 £4,583,641
Other Income £245,082
Investment Income £1,212 £4,935 £5,571 £1,033 £5,700
Total income £6,355,619 £8,552,154 £7,306,499 £6,246,560 £5,681,474 £5,479,217
Charitable activities spending £5,522,039 £8,741,962 £7,158,749 £5,316,321 £7,064,661
Fundraising costs 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 4%
Other spending £33,000
Total spending £5,740,223 £8,962,529 £7,375,049 £5,525,981 £4,810,232 £7,260,209
Surplus/deficit £615,396 -£410,375 -£68,550 £720,579 £871,242 -£1,780,992
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Listed activities
  • 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
  • Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Glasgow City
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems','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
Garfield Weston Foundation£185,000
The Rayne Foundation£60,000
William Grant Foundation£40,000
The Foyle Foundation£35,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£35,000 03/12/2021
towards a hybrid theatre-film production of Jekyll & Hyde in 2022 as a pilot for future models (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
William Grant Foundation - Creative Engagement programmes 2022-23
£20,000 23/11/2021
24
To be used flexibly towards the cost of the Creative Engagement strategy during 2022 and 2023, including delivery of schools outreach and resources, participatory theatre projects, and career ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - WCF award - COVID19 response
£185,000 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund
William Grant Foundation - General operating support 2020-21
£20,000 26/11/2020
18
Towards the general costs of commissioning, creating and delivering a programme of theatre and participatory arts, online and in person. Although the Foundation is particularly interested in the ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to National Theatre of Scotland
£60,000 02/12/2019
36
Towards using the arts to effect change within Renfrewshire Council's care system by bringing young people and caregivers together in a three-year programme to creatively reimagine relationships.
Robertson Trust - The ‘Fierce’ Project
£20,000 04/12/2018
The ‘Fierce’ Project
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - The Reason I Jump
£15,000 21/02/2018
Making autism spectrum condition (ASC) more understandable to neurotypical people by creating a piece of site-specific theatre, by and for people with ASC as well as delivering talks and discussions.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 24/01/2018
Futureproof
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to National Theatre of Scotland
£55,900 31/07/2017
Shift: celebrating the industrial heritage of North Lanarkshire
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to National Theatre of Scotland
£10,100 27/06/2017
12
Open paid internship programme
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - National Theatre of Scotland
£10,000 07/03/2017
Support for the Sharing the Stage 2016 cohort to consolidate its work and transition towards becoming a self-sustaining learning community.
Robertson Trust - the Creation Centre - A New Home Project
£400,000 31/01/2015
the Creation Centre - A New Home Project
Nesta - AS10064
£54,862 13/03/2013
Digital R&D - Scotland programme grant to National Theatre of Scotland Grant Ref AS10064
National Lottery Community Fund - Black Watch Scottish Tour 2010
£36,600 02/09/2010
12
This group received development funding for a project that would engage with veterans and their families through a series of workshops and group sessions following productions of the play Black Watch.
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How is it governed?

Directors (14)
Current Directors appointed

Age Range of Directors: 26-69
  • SAEED, Kirin
    Appointed: 2023
    Occupation: Disability Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 18/07/2002, number: SC033377
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/07/2002, number: SC234270
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Rockvilla, 125 Craighall Road, Glasgow, G4 9TL

Objectives

The Company's charitable purposes are:- the advancement of education. the advancement of citizenship or community development. and the advancement of the arts, heritage and culture.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
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