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Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

SUNDERLAND EMPIRE THEATRE TRUST

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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 has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
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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*£28£22£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£22£16£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£11£12£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£69£69£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£79£79£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£19£15£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£27£27£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£27£27£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£12£12£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£12£12£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£12£12£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£12£12£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£30£30£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£27£27£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£27£26£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£28£28£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£24£24£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£21£21£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£14£14£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 52 years

committees@sunderland.gov.uk

01915617849

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Durham, Northumberland, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

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£9,750
DCMS£9,375
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£6,740
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust
£2,000 23/03/2023
Supporting a youth theatre group for young people with additional needs in sunderland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust
£2,000 16/03/2023
A programme of creative curriculum activities, including projects, workshops, tours, theatre tickets and creative careers awareness days for thornhill academy
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust
£750 12/01/2023
Supporting a youth theatre group for young people with additional needs in sunderland (curious connections)
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust
£5,000 03/11/2022
Creating a theatre project with young autistic people
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - supporting young people with additional needs from Sunderland to develop and perform a piece of original theatre
£6,740 02/04/2020
supporting young people with additional needs from Sunderland to develop and perform a piece of original theatre
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£6,250 28/02/2020
Curious Connections - Youth Theatre for young people with additional needs
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£3,125 28/02/2020
Curious Connections - Youth Theatre for young people with additional needs
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Tyne and Wear High Sheriff Award
£2,500 12/10/2018
Tyne and Wear High Sheriff Award
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust
£10,000 25/07/2018
Unsung Heroes of the First World War
Youth Music - Sounds of Sunderland
£30,000 09/03/2018
Sounds of Sunderland
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-68
  • COUNCILLOR LINDA WILLIAMS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Local Authority Councillor
  • DONNA CHAMBERS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Professor
  • GRAEME THOMPSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: University Dean
  • JULIA POTTS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Business Director
  • JOHN DENNIS MOWBRAY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • KUMARESWARADAS RAMANATHAS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Manager
  • PAUL SCOTT WILSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant
  • PHILIPPA CAMPBELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Manager
  • SAMANTHA PATTERSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketing & Communications
  • SHARON APPLEBY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/04/1973, number: 502333
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/03/1973, number: 01100887
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 50 days late, AR21: 1 days late, AR16: 4 days late, AR11: 18 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ATG FOUNDATION on 20/08/2020
Main office

City Hall
Plater Way
SUNDERLAND
SR1 3AA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS, SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM. )

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE COUNTIES OF DURHAM AND NORTHUMBERLAN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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