Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -10

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Very static board: -5
All female board: -3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -15

VISUAL ARTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

The principal aim of the charity is to provide support to the community artist to promote and improve education of the public in an understanding of visual arts in rural communities. To this extent the charity funds artists at Highgreen, Northumberland on an annual basis and the artists undertakes various work with the local community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 3 trustees?
Why is the Board completely female?
Why is the Board composition very static?

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
30/09/23		£7	£73	£-66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/22		£18	£84	£-66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/21		£21	£95	£-74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/20		£25	£61	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/19		£35	£65	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/18		£24	£74	£-51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/17?		£116	£89	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/16		£23	£45	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/15		£24	£76	£-52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/14		£255	£93	£163	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/13		£11	£111	£-100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/12	*	£7	£95	£-88	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/11		£6	£89	£-83	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/10	*	£21	£109	£-88	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/09	*	£7	£67	£-60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/08	*	£12	£62	£-50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/07	*	£9	£63	£-55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/06		£14	£47	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/05		£23	£62	£-38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/04		£28	£47	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.varc.org.uk/

helen@varc.org.uk

07805337464

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment

GiG Classification

General Community services

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Visual Arts in Rural Communities
£1,000	26/01/2023	Creative workshops with youth groups in bellingham/otterburn
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - delivering Art Awards in schools and youth groups in West Northumberland
£750	18/02/2021	delivering Art Awards in schools and youth groups in West Northumberland

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

EMMA CHARLOTTE FESTING Appointed: 2016

KAREN THERESA RANN Appointed: 2016

LADY CYNTHIA MARIE HELENE MORRISON-BELL (Chair) Appointed: 2014

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2002, number: 1091282

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR12: 122 days late, AR10: 116 days late, AR09: 190 days late, AR08: 0 days late, AR07: 20 days late,

Main office

The Old Stables
High Green
Tarset
HEXHAM
NE48 1RP

Objectives

TO FOSTER, PROMOTE, ADVANCE, MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF VISUAL ARTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES BY SPONSORING, MAINTAINING OR ASSISTING EXHIBITIONS IN PUBLIC OR ELSEWHERE OF VISUAL ARTS AND BY ENABLING THE RURAL COMMUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE AN ARTIST IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN AND PRODUCE WORKS OF ART

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL (ENGLAND & WALES)

Data Sources

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