Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 2
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

ROOK LANE ARTS TRUST 

Promotion and fostering of education and appreciation of the Arts.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker 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 male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 22 years

www.rooklane.org.uk

trustees@rooklanearts.org.uk

01373468040

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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
31/12/22£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£0£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20*£6£2£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£23£47£-23n/an/an/an/an/a19
31/12/18£23£6£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£5£7£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£19£30£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£24£22£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£14£6£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£27£26£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12*£59£68£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£51£44£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£34£37£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£73£79£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£49£50£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07?£53£60£-7£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/06£28£28£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/05£29£27£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/04£34£25£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rook Lane Arts Trust
£9,480 08/03/2023
Ring Out, a celebration of bell founding and bell ringing
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rook Lane Arts Trust Ltd
£43,300 11/07/2018
Casting the Empire: The story of JW Singer & Sons, Frome
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rook Lane Arts Trust Ltd
£46,800 14/01/2015
"Home of our Delight": Mells and the Great War (taken from war memorial)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-80
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/11/2001, number: 1089605
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/11/2001, number: 04315757
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 6 days late, AR12: 115 days late, AR11: 12 days late,
Main office

Rook Lane Chapel
Bath Street
FROME
BA11 1DN

Objectives

THE EDUCATION THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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