Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

THE TWISTING DUCKS THEATRE COMPANY CIO

Our aim is to enable people with learning disabilites and autism to take part in the arts and to produce theatre and film that helps them to explore the issues that are most important to them, increase their skills and independence, improve their helath and wellbeing, reduce social isolation and and become more visible and active in their communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/03/24£243£274£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£286£245£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£206£184£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£180£134£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£130£131£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£38£23£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.thetwistingducks.co.uk

thetwistingducks@gmail.com

07925167775

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northern Ireland, Northumberland, Scotland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£75,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£48,308
The Greggs Foundation£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,961
DCMS£9,635
The Clothworkers Foundation£9,100
The Shears Foundation£5,500
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Shears Foundation - The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company CIO
£5,500 11/07/2023
Twisting Ducks
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company
£5,000 15/03/2023
to support people with learning disabilities and autistic people to create theatre and film that represents their lived experience and raises awareness about issues that matter to them.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Twisting Ducks Theatre Company
£9,100 09/02/2023
0
Purchase of audio-visual equipment for a charity that works with people with learning disabilities and autism in Newcastle
The Greggs Foundation - North East Core Funding
£30,000 26/05/2022
24
£30,000 over two years (£20,000 year one and £10,000 year two) towards the salaries of their CEO, Admin Worker, Finance Officer, and Inclusive Employment and Business Development Officer.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company CIO
£20,000 07/04/2022
Year 1 (22/23) running costs to plan and facilitate 6 drama workshops and 6 poetry/storytelling workshops in newcastle
National Lottery Community Fund - Platform Theatre Sunderland
£9,961 03/12/2021
The project will use the funding for its drama programme for people with learning difficulties and autism. Workshops will be delivered culminating to performance to the local community. This aims to ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company CIO
£10,000 24/06/2021
Core costs to enable 21 artists with learning disabilities and autism to devise 16 theatre, film and music pop-up events in Newcastle (uplift)
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company CIO
£25,000 24/06/2021
Core costs to enable 21 artists with learning disabilities and autism to devise 16 theatre, film and music pop-up events in Newcastle
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - The work of the organisation with people with learning disabilities and autism in Newcastle arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
£20,000 27/05/2021
The work of the organisation with people with learning disabilities and autism in Newcastle arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company CIO
£20,000 27/05/2021
The work of the organisation with people with learning disabilities and autism in Newcastle arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 28/04/2021
towards core costs for 2021/22 (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,635 25/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Increase core activty across Newcastle Year 3
£25,000 02/04/2020
Increase core activty across Newcastle Year 3
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - 'Feeling Free' a participatory drama project with learning disabled peer educators.
£3,308 02/04/2020
'Feeling Free' a participatory drama project with learning disabled peer educators.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Improving music participation through accessible technology
£2,959 13/05/2019
Improving music participation through accessible technology
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Increase core activty across Newcastle Year 2
£30,000 01/04/2019
Increase core activty across Newcastle Year 2
County Durham Community Foundation - All Valued
£20,495 13/12/2018
To run accessible drama-based workshops.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Increase core activty across Newcastle Year 1
£35,000 04/01/2018
Increase core activty across Newcastle Year 1
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 18/07/2017
The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • CHRISTINE SHRUBB Appointed: 2016
  • LISA JACQUELINE KELLY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Unemployed
  • MILES JOHN HENDERSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
  • UNA MCNICHOLL Appointed: 2016
  • VERONICA MAY DOUGHERTY Appointed: 2016
  • VICTORIA ELEANOR MARY SMITH Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/11/2016, number: 1170354
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Office D1f
Milburn house
Dean Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 1LF

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES ACROSS THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES AND BY ASSISTING PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES TO OBTAIN THEIR RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENTS AS EQUAL CITIZENS.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY RAISING AWARENESS IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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