Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 12
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

PEAK - ART IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS

Peak is an arts organisation based in the Welsh Black Mountains. We collaborate with artists, young people and their communities, responding to our rural environment, landscape, language and culture. Together we shape a creative programme that addresses social , environmental and racial justice in the context of South Wales.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£260£234£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£213£271£-58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£239£174£65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£267£320£-53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£358£313£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£293£273£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£253£217£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£187£176£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£181£180£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£144£151£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£119£128£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£89£113£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£130£113£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£70£80£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£92£86£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£87£82£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£64£64£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£56£66£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£54£56£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£49£44£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 32 years

www.peakcymru.org

info@peak.cymru

01873811579

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£179,000
Esmee Fairbairn£126,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,945
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting young people to connect with their rural environment through the visual arts
£179,000 27/11/2023
Peak Cymru collaborates with young people, artists and intergenerational communities to celebrate the unique qualities and ecologies of Southeast Wales. This grant funds core costs to enable rurally based young people aged 16 to 30 years to shape ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Peak - Art in the Black Mountains
£6,000 20/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Peak - Art in the Black Mountains
£60,000 10/08/2022
Towards unrestricted core costs to support development and progression in creative careers for young people in rural South Wales
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Peak - Art in the Black Mountains
£60,000 08/09/2020
24
Towards Unrestricted core costs Towards Unrestricted core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - sPeak - a creative group for volunteers aged 16-25
£9,945 27/04/2020
11
Peak - Art in the Black Mountains Ltd in Powys will use the grant to enable local young people to plan a series of events and activities for the wider community to help address issues that rural communities face. £9945 will fund artist fees ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£10,425 11/02/2019
Developed skills: Young women will develop competencies in digital skills including photography, editing, animation, blogging etc. which will upskill them for future job opportunities. They will also develop their communication skills through ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Arts Alive Wales
£69,400 09/06/2016
36
towards three years' running costs of an arts and health programme for children, young people and vulnerable adults in mid and south-east Wales
Nesta - ACE0370
£24,700 07/06/2016
9
Digital Innovation Fund for the Arts in Wales programme grant to Arts Alive Wales Grant Ref ACE0370
Nesta - ACE0354
£5,000 23/02/2016
2
Digital Innovation Fund for the Arts in Wales programme grant to Arts Alive Wales Grant Ref ACE0354
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Arts Alive Wales
£14,000 28/06/2013
This Crickhowell based charity aims to enrich the lives of people in local communities through active and meaningful participation in the arts, particularly for those who are most vulnerable.
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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: 36-66
  • DR CATRIN ELLIS JONES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Stakeholder Engagement Specialist
  • JOSS HAMILTON ALLEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Phd Candidate At The University Of Warwick
  • LUCY ANGHARAD SHIPP Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Cultural Learning Professional
  • MARVA CHARMAINE NATALLEE LORD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Artist + Writer
  • MELISSA JANE HINKIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Curator And Arts Manager
  • STEPHANIE MARIE ALLEN (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Executive Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/06/1992, number: 1011599
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/03/1992, number: 02692770
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 1 days late, AR06: 0 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

The Old School
Brecon Road
Crickhowell
NP8 1DG

Objectives

(A) TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITIES OF WALES (WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS) BY ADVANCING EDUCATION AND PROVIDING FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE (B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE APPRECIATION AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE ARTS BY ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO PRESENT, PROMOTE, ORGANISE, MANAGE AND PRODUCE DRAMATIC AND LITERARY IMPROVISATIONS, FILMS, CONCERTS, MUSICAL PIECES, PUPPET SHOWS, ENTERTAINMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS AND TO ENGAGE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES INVOLVING DESIGNING, PRINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY AND HANDICRAFTS WHETHER ON ANY PREMISES OF ARTS ALIVE OR ELSEWHERE

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH POWYS AND NORTH GWENT IN WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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