Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

THE SEACHANGE TRUST

To advance the education of the public in the arts.To educate and train young people and adults in work and life skills likely to enable them subsequently to find satisfactory employment.Provision of facilities for cultural activity in the interests of social welfare of the inhabitants of Great Yarmouth and surrounding areas.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 gender

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£1,315£1,291£24£13£922£5485.11250
31/03/22£1,245£1,380£-135£4£808£4824.21335
31/03/21*£726£548£178£19£928£549121140
31/03/20£815£879£-64£22£747£3004.11163
31/03/19£1,416£1,221£195£13£811£3143.11440
31/03/18£987£1,059£-72£11£616£2813.2100
31/03/17£890£890£0£14£688£2833.890
31/03/16£2,305£677£1,628£17£688£2754.980
31/03/15£947£1,007£-60£55£123£1181.470
31/03/14?£1,007£1,065£-58£58£182£1141.360
31/12/12£706£711£-5£39£240£1131.950
31/12/11£479£497£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10?£675£688£-12£39£263£1913.370
31/03/09£545£577£-33£25£118£771.640
31/03/08£324£243£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£181£197£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£195£171£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£214£224£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£223£205£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 59%
Reserves/Spending: 5.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 27 years

www.seachangearts.org.uk

hello@seachangearts.org.uk

01493 745 458

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Norfolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund£803,571
DCMS£607,176
National Lottery Community Fund£84,540
Architectural Heritage Fund£60,000
Esmee Fairbairn£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Seachange Trust
£727,590 12/09/2023
The Ice House
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Seachange Trust
£75,981 21/09/2022
The Ice House
National Lottery Community Fund - Stronger Connected Communities SCC
£84,540 12/10/2021
The funding will part cover costs for a Stronger Connected Communities (SCC) project that aims to empower unite and support diverse local communities and residents across Great Yarmouth through circus performance skills. The SeaChange Trust will ....more
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to SeaChange Arts
£45,000 03/11/2020
The Ice House
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to SeaChange Arts
£15,000 14/09/2020
The Ice House
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to SeaChange Arts
£20,000 26/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
DCMS - SeaChange Arts NPO Application
£397,176 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. 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 ....more
DCMS - Out There Arts
£180,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Great Yarmouth High Streets Cultural Programme - Main Grant
£30,000 01/04/2020
Programme of Cultural activities and projects to engage with the local community and link with the High Street Heritage Action Zone capital programme.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to The SeaChange Trust
£50,000 24/10/2018
12
Grant towards the cost of reclaiming a derelict space alongside the Drill Hall creating a workshop and a café.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Seachange Arts
£48,800 21/08/2018
Roll up! Roll up! A celebration of Circus in Great Yarmouth
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Animators
£10,000 31/05/2018
12
The project will work with Great Yarmouth Refugee Orientation Service, to provide events to help integrate the refugee and local community. They will use local volunteers called community animators (CAs), who will engage with both communities to ....more
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - The Seachange Trust
£4,500 12/03/2018
This project will explore and evaluate community co-creation methodologies and international distribution modelos for socially engaged arts projects.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The SeaChange Trust
£93,803 14/06/2017
36
The project will provide circus skills for children and young people affected by poverty. The project will increase physical health, improve behaviour and raise aspirations.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Seachange Arts
£49,400 13/06/2017
Great Yarmouth Drill House – Celebrating 150 Years
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to SeaChange Arts
£120,000 12/10/2016
36
Towards a programme of work to develop the organisation’s business model and enhance sustainability.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to SeaChange Arts
£26,000 01/10/2008
12
Towards Project costs Towards the salary of an outreach worker to build a network of performers from migrant communities and facilitate their access to employment opportunities.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-82
  • BERNARD WILLIAMSON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: None
  • CAROL ALEXANDRA TODD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Sales Executive Anglian Radio
  • DR CATHERINE RICHARDS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: East Norfolk 6th Form College - Principal
  • HANNAH ROBINSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Architect
  • JONATHAN NEWMAN Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Manager Tcp Gt Yarmout
  • MATTHEW SMITH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Restaurant Business
  • NEIL DARWIN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director, Chief Executive
  • RAE LEE MS Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/08/1997, number: 1063853
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/05/1997, number: 03370914
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
  • Investment
  • 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
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR21: 22 days late,
Main office

Seachange Arts
The Drill House
York Road
GREAT YARMOUTH
NR30 2LZ

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS; (B) TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN WORK AND LIFE SKILLS LIKELY TO ENABLE THEM SUBSEQUENTLY TO FIND SATISFACTORY EMPLOYMENT OR TO START UP IN BUSINESS AND BECOME SELF-EMPLOYED AND BY SUCH MEANS ALSO TO RELIEVE POVERTY; (C) A PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS FOR INHABITANTS OF GREAT YARMOUTH AND SURROUNDING AREAS, THE FACILITIES (1) OF WHICH THOSE PERSONS HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND (2) WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORFOLK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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