BIG DIFFERENCE COMPANY LIMITED

Charity number: 1135167
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To promote, maintain, improve and advance education by encouragement of the arts. To promote good health and well-being through the arts. The advancement of the arts and culture for charitable purposes including through comedy and comedy performance.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 29 June 2024

Total income: £473,351
Total expenditure: £495,841

Total income includes £119,305 from 6 government grant(s)

People

10 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 24 March 2010: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
03121538 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Ravi Kotecha Trustee 01 July 2023
None on record
Dr Jonathan Mark Sutton Trustee 25 May 2023
None on record
Simon John Brown Trustee 25 May 2023
GREENBELT FESTIVALS
Received: On time
Jessica Southworth Trustee 25 May 2023
None on record
Christine Traill Trustee 22 June 2022
LEICESTER WHEELS FOR ALL
Received: On time
Robbie Kerr Trustee 22 June 2022
None on record
Laura Hailstone Trustee 31 July 2020
None on record
JONATHAN WILLIAM KERRY Trustee 19 September 2018
CHARNWOOD 20:20
Received: On time
Emma Mary Anderson Trustee 24 November 2014
None on record
DR MAX SCHURER Trustee 16 January 2013
Creative Oundle
Received: 10 days late
OUNDLE MUSEUM TRUST
Received: On time
THE LOCAL POPULATION STUDIES SOCIETY
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2020 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 29/06/2024
Total gross income £355.06k £288.96k £346.94k £326.57k £473.35k
Total expenditure £320.58k £213.71k £372.74k £437.51k £495.84k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £29.00k £185.00k £24.00k £24.00k £119.31k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 29 June 2024 28 April 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 29 June 2024 28 April 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 17 April 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 17 April 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2022 31 May 2023 31 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 31 May 2023 31 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2021 14 April 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 14 April 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2020 18 March 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2020 18 March 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 NOVEMBER 1995

Charitable objects

3.1. TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS; 3.2. TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING THROUGH THE ARTS; 3.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING THROUGH COMEDY AND COMEDY PERFORMANCE.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Contact information

Address:
LCB DEPOT
31 RUTLAND STREET
LEICESTER
LE1 1RE
Phone:
01162616812
Email:
info@bigdifferencecompany.co.uk
Website:

www.bigdifferencecompany.co.uk Open in new window