Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

Spending declining: -1
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 6

WASSAIL THEATRE COMPANY LTD

Wassail Theatre Company delivers its charitable aims through several core areas of work:- creating original professional productions inspired by Somerset's cultural heritage- supporting young & emerging artists with their professional development- running creative education activity for community groups across all walks of life in Somerset.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining

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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
31/12/23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	£114	£128	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£148	£180	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£141	£132	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£76	£71	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£110	£101	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	£83	£61	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years
(10 years as a company)

www.wassailtheatre.org.uk

wasson@wassailtheatre.co.uk

01935509706

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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
Somerset Community Foundation - Youth theatre sessions
£2,500	10/11/2020 9	To support children and young people, whose social, creative and educational experiences have been disadvantaged by coronavirus. This will be achieved through youth theatre groups.
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Connecting care home residents to their communities across Mendip and South Somerset
£3,000	27/10/2020 4	Grant to Wassail Theatre Company
DCMS - Somerset Emergency Theatre round 2
£34,600	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Somerset Community Foundation - Over The Wall Picking Apples
£4,300	26/03/2019 2	Live theatre raising awareness around mental ill health for young people.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Wassail Theatre Company
£10,000	11/07/2018	What would we fight for now?
National Lottery Community Fund - Langport Festival 2017
£6,700	12/07/2017 12	This group will use the funding to run an event at the Langport Festival, where they will provide a community choir, taster sessions and training in visitor safety and support for volunteers, some of ....more This group will use the funding to run an event at the Langport Festival, where they will provide a community choir, taster sessions and training in visitor safety and support for volunteers, some of whom have a wide range of abilities and needs. This will bring the community together and increase social interaction.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JESSE BRITON (Chair) Appointed: 2024

KATY TILLEY Appointed: 2024

ROSE SWIFT Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/02/2017, number: 1171647
Registered at Companies House on 04/12/2013, number: 08802751

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

Westland Entertainment Venue
Westbourne Close
YEOVIL
Somerset
BA20 2DD

Objectives

4.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 1. TO PROMOTE THE PERFORMING ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTICULARLY IN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE CEREMONIAL COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY THE DELIVERY OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND WORKSHOPS.

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