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Activities & Mission

Primary focus are projects in live performing arts, mainly theatre. Main areas of support are: consultant advice to help with the professional development of small scale arts organisations, assisting live arts projects involving disadvantaged children and young people, feasibility studies for capital projects and consultant advice on fundraising/case for support/recruiting development staff.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£22,515,761
Latest Expenditure
£5,724,167

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 25.4%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 100.0%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 2.8%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £22,121,021
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £0
Investments £394,740
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £5,724,167
Raising Funds £0
Governance £157,749
Grants to Institutions £5,566,418
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£22,515,761£5,724,167£5,724,167£20,909,929£20,909,9290 / 0
2023£7,185,652£4,221,533£4,221,533£4,118,335£4,118,3350 / 0
2022£3,128,647£4,397,523£4,397,523£1,154,216£1,154,2160 / 0
2021£4,471,757£4,136,986£4,136,986£2,423,092£2,423,0920 / 0
2020£4,204,318£3,749,622£3,749,622£2,088,321£00 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
NORTH HOUSE
27 GREAT PETER STREET
LONDON
SW1P 3LN
Registration Date
14 February 2012
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
5025784
Charity Number
1145887

Trustees

DAME SUSIE SAINSBURY
DAVID WOOD
DOMINIC FLYNN