Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 6

GLADRAGS COMMUNITY COSTUME TRUST

Provides affordable costume hire, educational resource boxes and practical assistance to: schools/ colleges, community/ youth groups, charities/ not for profit organisations, amateur/ fringe arts. Delivers a Community Outreach Programme of educational sewing-based workshops; interactive storytelling / reminiscence/ dressing-up activities. Promotes costume re-use, by re-styling or rehoming.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£91	£88	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	66
31/03/22		£64	£75	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	59
31/03/21		£95	£56	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	29
31/03/20		£74	£65	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	79
31/03/19		£76	£67	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/18	*	£56	£59	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£59	£50	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£35	£47	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£57	£49	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£39	£30	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£34	£46	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£40	£26	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£33	£33	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£17	£15	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£13	£15	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

www.gladragscostumes.org.uk

office@gladragscostumes.org.uk

01273 609184

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Education support services

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

East Sussex, Surrey, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
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 significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Gladrags
£750	15/06/2023	Funding was provided for their 'Stich My Way' sewing sessions for young people in East Brighton.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Gladrags Community Costume Resource
£5,000	21/07/2022	Funding was provided to support and develop their volunteering opportunities and rehoming scheme.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to East Brighton Outreach
£800	11/10/2019	Funding was provided for a community outreach programnme delivering sessions to families and older people.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

HEATHER MAE BUTLER (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARGARET ROTTINGDEAN,

JOHN WILLIAM ADAMS Appointed: 2022

NEIL BORDER Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/02/2008, number: 1122704

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 2 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR09: 2 days late,

Main office

Gladrags
Unit 10
Westergate Business Centre
Westergate Road
Brighton
BN2 4QN

Objectives

3.1) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN HISTORICAL AND WORLD DRESS BY PROVIDING LOW COST COSTUMES AND RELATED RESOURCES AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL.3.2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING VARIOUS COSTUMES AND RELATED RESOURCES AT LOW COST AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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