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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

THE OLD MEETING HOUSE TRUST 

OPERATION OF HELMSLEY ARTS CENTRE. PROVISION OF ARTS EVENTS AND FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
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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£268£322£-54n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/22£263£278£-15n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/21£204£170£34n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/20£294£297£-2n/an/an/an/an/a92
31/03/19£275£278£-3n/an/an/an/an/a90
31/03/18£185£22£163£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£271£290£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£250£294£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£311£320£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£280£315£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£231£259£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£190£221£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£184£207£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£192£243£-52£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09?£401£288£114£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£292£211£81£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£190£204£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£210£215£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£400£162£238£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

www.helmsleyarts.co.uk

helmsleyarts@yahoo.co.uk

01439 771715

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 70 volunteers

Who's supporting 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
DCMS - Helmsley Arts Centre Covid-19 Recovery
£50,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/09/1996, number: 1058130
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/05/1996, number: 03200475
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Helmsley Arts Centre
1 Meeting House Court
Helmsley
York
YO62 5DW

Objectives

TO FOSTER PROMOTE AND TO INCREASE AMONGST THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF ART,MUSIC AND LITERATURE AND FOR THOSE PURPOSES TO PROMOTE AND TO ORGANISE ART EXHIBITIONS,MUSIC RECITALS AND CONCERTS POETRY RECITALS AND READINGS,LECTURES AND FILMS AND UPON ARTISTIC MUSICAL AND LITERARY SUBJECTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE HELMSLEY/RYEDALE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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