Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 7

CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED

We are the Sector Skills Council for the UK's creative and cultural industries. We are an industry-led body working to improve skills and productivity in these industries through research, campaigning and brokering relationships between industry and education.

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Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

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: 20 years

www.ccskills.org.uk

info@ccskills.org.uk

01375526252

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23		£656	£896	£-240	£19	£558	£558	7.5	10
31/03/22		£824	£1,058	£-234	£33	£797	£797	9	16
31/03/21		£1,114	£1,229	£-115	£78	£1,031	£1,031	10.1	18
31/03/20		£2,043	£1,945	£99	£106	£1,147	£1,147	7.1	18
31/03/19		£1,571	£1,552	£20	£94	£1,048	£1,048	8.1	18
31/03/18		£1,701	£1,596	£104	£93	£1,028	£1,010	7.6	12
31/03/17		£2,180	£2,521	£-341	£113	£924	£924	4.4	12
31/03/16		£4,424	£4,807	£-384	£136	£1,143	£1,143	2.9	29
31/03/15		£6,290	£6,506	£-216	£229	£1,526	£1,526	2.8	41
31/03/14		£7,958	£7,854	£104	£475	£1,742	£1,742	2.7	56
31/03/13		£4,924	£5,070	£-146	£461	£1,638	£1,604	3.8	53
31/03/12		£4,259	£4,023	£236	£356	£1,785	£1,785	5.3	38
31/03/11		£3,964	£3,983	£-18	£291	£1,523	£1,523	4.6	43
31/03/10		£4,716	£4,610	£107	£435	£1,541	£1,132	2.9	51
31/03/09		£5,339	£5,130	£210	£257	£1,434	£918	2.1	50
31/03/08		£4,162	£4,272	£-110	£214	£1,225	£705	2	37
31/03/07	*	£4,758	£3,531	£1,227	£397	£1,335	£657	2.2	22
31/03/06		£2,682	£2,625	£56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05	*	£1,339	£1,288	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 7.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 7.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

10 employees

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 - Transition Fund
£284,382	27/03/2023	In recognition of the challenges facing organisations leaving the National Portfolio and as a way of improving the support we provide to them, we will provide a transition period for those who were ....more In recognition of the challenges facing organisations leaving the National Portfolio and as a way of improving the support we provide to them, we will provide a transition period for those who were National Portfolio Organisations, or funded through Business Plan funding, during the year ended 31 March 2023 and that were not asked to join the 2023-26 Investment Programme.
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018-2022 (SSO)
£487,508	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 ....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 - Creative Careers Discover Week 2020-21
£200,000	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 ....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.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Creative & Cultural Skills (Wales)
£709,000	20/02/2017	Uchelgais Diwylliannol / Cultural Ambition: Diversifying the heritage workforce through collaboration, opportunity and skills
Greater London Authority - Grant to Creative and Cultural Skills
£65,001	16/06/2016	To boost the number of apprenticeships in the creative and cultural sector

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 40-67

CLARE MARGARET HAWKINS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Administration Manager

CATHERINE ANN RITMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Cultural Educationalist

COLIN MARK ALLISON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

DONALD WILLIAM HYSLOP Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Arts Manager

FIONA ELIZABETH YARDLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Finance Director

GRAEME ALAN FARROW Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Artistic & Creative Director

MARY NAGELE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Ceo

ROSEMARY GREENLEES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Executive Director, Other trusteeship: THE CLAY FOUNDATION,

VITHLEEM PARASKEVI NIKOLAIDOU Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Head Of Organisational Development

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/09/2004, number: 1105974
Registered at Companies House on 07/05/2004, number: 05122855

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR07: 0 days late, AR05: 183 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE CREATIVE LEARNING GUILD LTD on 29/06/2022

Main office

Third Floor
Priory Place
New London Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0PP

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING, PROVIDING AND DEVELOPING:(A) THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WORKING OR INTENDING TO WORK IN THE MUSEUM, CULTURAL HERITAGE, DESIGN, CRAFTS AND ARTS SECTORS;(B) EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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