Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 8

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 16

BOW ARTS TRUST

Bow Arts provides over 400 artists with affordable, secure and creative workspace across east London. It manages an exciting London-wide education programme, improving the lives and attainment of thousands of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Bow Arts also runs a contemporary exhibition space - the Nunnery Gallery - and a varied events and community engagement programme.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

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		£3,189	£2,601	£588	£0	£3,260	£2,967	13.7	26	3
31/03/22		£2,779	£2,137	£641	£0	£2,672	£2,471	13.9	21	135
31/03/21		£2,117	£1,738	£380	£23	£2,075	£1,849	12.8	21	7
31/03/20		£2,375	£2,504	£-129	£560	£1,651	£1,492	7.1	22	60
31/03/19		£3,421	£3,316	£105	£1,289	£1,780	£1,660	6	21	150
31/03/18		£2,309	£2,223	£86	£0	£1,675	£1,626	8.8	20	0
31/03/17		£1,975	£1,775	£200	£0	£1,589	£1,552	10.5	19	0
31/03/16		£1,844	£1,558	£286	£0	£1,389	£1,295	10	16	0
31/03/15		£1,751	£1,405	£346	£72	£1,103	£1,009	8.6	14	0
31/03/14		£1,830	£1,734	£96	£68	£801	£801	5.5	14	0
31/03/13		£1,572	£1,342	£231	£63	£705	£705	6.3	12	0
31/03/12	*	£1,248	£1,068	£180	£53	£474	£443	5	11	0
31/03/11		£1,077	£1,010	£66	£18	£295	£274	3.3	10	0
31/03/10		£829	£762	£67	£11	£228	£212	3.3	10	0
31/03/09		£685	£646	£40	£14	£161	£155	2.9	7	0
31/03/08		£495	£529	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£465	£448	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06	*	£362	£429	£-67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£412	£420	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£416	£353	£64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 42%
Liabilities/Income: 74%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 13.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 29 years

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finance@bowarts.com

02089807774

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Art galleries and exhibitions

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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	£418,000
DCMS	£396,109
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£9,100

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Bow Arts: Equitable arts-based learning for children and young people
£268,000	17/07/2023	Bow Arts creates opportunities to work, learn and enjoy affordable, lifelong access to the visual arts. This grant will support the Bow Arts Learning team to continue to build their core learning programme, bringing accessible arts learning to ....more Bow Arts creates opportunities to work, learn and enjoy affordable, lifelong access to the visual arts. This grant will support the Bow Arts Learning team to continue to build their core learning programme, bringing accessible arts learning to London schools and professionalising the work that a representative range of Artist Practitioners do in school settings, delivering in-school projects and teacher development programmes.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Social Justice and creative arts learning in schools
£130,000	17/05/2021	Bow Arts is a leading arts education charity, creative workspace provider and home to the Nunnery Gallery. This grant supports Bow Arts to work in partnership with ten London schools and a group of artist-educators. They will explore how arts-based ....more Bow Arts is a leading arts education charity, creative workspace provider and home to the Nunnery Gallery. This grant supports Bow Arts to work in partnership with ten London schools and a group of artist-educators. They will explore how arts-based learning can be central to inclusive and equitable teaching and learning, speaking to inequalities and social justice issues which have been highlighted and exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bow Arts will carry out a programme of research through consultation, workshops, co-creation and action-research.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bow Arts Trust
£9,100	07/09/2020	COVID19: Bow Arts
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000	28/04/2020 3	Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
DCMS - National Portfolio Organisations 2018-2022
£51,215	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Bow Arts CRF Support
£344,894	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bow Arts Trust
£47,600	01/08/2018	Raw Materials: Plastics; uncovering and exploring the industrial heritage of the River Lea Valley
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bow Arts Trust
£34,100	04/07/2017	Raw Materials: Textiles; exploring the industrial heritage of the River Lea Valley
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Bow Arts Education - Consortium Programme
£238,000	08/05/2017 36	Bow Arts will expand their schools consortium model, which addresses the need for creative school improvement by combining needs-led school interventions and continuous professional development for teachers. This funding will help to create five new ....more Bow Arts will expand their schools consortium model, which addresses the need for creative school improvement by combining needs-led school interventions and continuous professional development for teachers. This funding will help to create five new consortia of ten schools each over three years. Bow Arts will also commission support to refine their internal evaluation systems and deliver a funded programme for the artist educator workforce.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bow Arts Trust
£33,900	25/04/2016	Raw Materials: Wood - Exploring the heritage of the River Lea Valley

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How is it governed?

Trustees (15)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 13/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-78

BRIAN DAVID SMITH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Executive Headteacher

BENJAMIN TUCKER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Consultant

CATHERINE PHILLIPPA SMITH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Executive Headteacher

CHRISTOPHER JAMES BUSS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant

CLAIRE SWIFT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director Of Social Responsibility

ELIZABETH ANN MARSHALL Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Retired

JOHN MICHAEL LEWIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Urban Regeneration

MARTYN COLES M.A. (Chair), Occupation: Headteacher

MICHAEL JOHN OWENS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Urban Planner / Lecturer

NICHOLAS WILLIAM SMALES Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Local Government Chief Officer

RAJEN MADAN Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Management Consultant

STEPHEN PALLISTER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor

SOPHIE NIBBS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Curator

TAMIRIRA MASUNDA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Architectural Designer

TANIA TINA THELMA RHODES-TAYLOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/06/1995, number: 1046958
Registered at Companies House on 10/03/1995, number: 03031923

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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; AR12: 1 days late, AR07: 213 days late, AR06: 43 days late,

Main office

183 BOW ROAD
LONDON
E3 2SJ

Objectives

(I) the provision and maintenance of an art gallery or art space for exhibition to the public of modern and fine art, design and applied art and of work done by students and emerging artists;(II) the promotion and encouragement of the education of the public in the arts, through an art gallery or art galleries, art spaces and elsewhere;(III) the education of children, students and teaching staff in the arts in schools and other educational establishments; and(IV) the relief of poverty amongst emerging artists by the provision of studio space in which they may create art and by the provision of residential accommodation for emerging artists and their partners and/or dependents.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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