Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

THE ALBANY THEATRE TRUST

To promote well-being through Arts for Life we Engage,Inspire and Create. Our Objectives: to enrich the cultural life of Coventry; to support and reflect all members of our community; to create for all volunteering and training opportunities to engage with the arts; to provide an inclusive high quality programme that represents all performance-related arts and to make the most of our resources.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£1,382£865£518£0£1,584£73610.212117
31/03/22£1,073£637£435£0£1,066£81415.314104
31/03/21£515£444£71£0£685£68418.51587
31/03/20£492£575£-83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£368£556£-188n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£1,340£575£765£0£885£87918.3120
31/03/17£316£300£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£242£217£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£192£184£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£189£140£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 38%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 46%
Reserves/Spending: 10.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 11 years

www.albanytheatre.co.uk

info@albanytheatre.co.uk

02476 016 222

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Coventry City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£200,000 26/06/2023
Albany Theatre capital project
DCMS - Albany Theatre Coventry
£250,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - The Albany Theatre Coventry CRF2
£125,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Extra Care Workshops
£3,595 22/03/2017
6
Grant to Albany Theatre Trust
National Lottery Community Fund - Spon Spun
£9,750 11/01/2017
12
This charity will use the funding to deliver a programme of workshops. These will focus on social engagement, helping to build positive relationships and improve community pride.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-69
  • ANTHONY CLIVE BENFIELD GCSTJ Appointed: 2014
  • ANDREW IAN HARDY Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director
  • ANGELA ROBERTS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • CHRISTABELL AMOAKOH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Business Consultant
  • CAROL DENISE THOMAS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Education Leader
  • DAVID MEREDITH (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Company Director
  • LAURENCE MOORE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director
  • SARAH CATHERINE JORDAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Marketing
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/04/2013, number: 1151595
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/01/2012, number: 07929154
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR23: 100 days late,
Main office

Albany Road
COVENTRY
CV5 6JQ

Objectives

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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