Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

ARTS FOR RECOVERY IN THE COMMUNITY

VISUAL ARTS, LIFE DRAWING, SCULPTURE, CREATIVE WRITING, ANIMATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM MAKING, GRAPHIC DESIGN, WEB DESIGN, OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS, MOSAIC COMMISSIONS AND GRAPHICS COMMISSIONS, EXHIBITIONS, SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (I.E PRODUCING ARCWARE FOR THE ARC GALLERY SHOP)
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/03/23£303£314£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£342£322£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£265£250£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£258£262£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£283£315£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£311£325£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£283£315£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£360£234£126n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£262£211£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£205£206£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£195£194£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£181£200£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£204£180£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£148£147£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£160£145£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£180£145£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£160£132£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£178£131£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.arc-centre.org

jacqui@arc-centre.org

01614807731

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Stockport,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

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 Community Fund£359,790
Henry Smith Charity£131,400
Youth Music£126,850
Garfield Weston Foundation£33,000
The Baring Foundation£12,000
Stockport MBC£9,960
Power to Change£5,000
CAF£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - MusicSpace
£97,000 26/10/2023
MusicSpace
Power to Change - Arts for Recovery in the Community (TU)
£5,000 26/10/2023
360G-ptc-gr-19011Arts for Recovery in the Community (TU)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£13,000 26/05/2023
WCA Winner 2023-2024
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to ARC (Arts for Recovery in the Community)
£131,400 11/05/2023
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing support for people with mental health issues in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Arts for Recovery in the Community
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Stockport MBC - Grant to ARC
£9,960 18/10/2022
Mental Health and Wellbeing
National Lottery Community Fund - Arc Buddies
£9,790 18/02/2022
The funding will be used to set up and run a buddying programme for those feeling isolated. The project aims to bring people together without digital access.
Youth Music - MusicSpace 2021
£29,850 12/03/2021
MusicSpace 2021
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 19/02/2021
Arc - Application For Revenue Funding, 21/22
National Lottery Community Fund - Arc - Revenue funding 21-26
£350,000 26/01/2021
59
A project that offers support to people who are experiencing mental health issues. This will be done through a range of art and creative activities. It will build confidence self esteem and new skills.
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Arts for Recovery in the Community
£12,000 14/09/2020
Arc will deliver a blended programme of online and face to face arts-based support to children and adults experiencing mental ill health in Stockport.
CAF - Grant to Arts for Recovery in the Community
£4,000 26/05/2020
3
Grant to Arts for Recovery in the Community to support the organisation through COVID19
Stockport MBC - Grant to ARC
£9,840 01/11/2019
To deliver ‘Creative Mums’ workshops, in Reddish Children’s Centre & Adswood Children’s Centre and a ‘Next Steps’ project at Arc, enabling women to build skills / confidence to run peer support groups.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to ARC (Arts for Recovery in the Community)
£110,200 11/09/2019
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing support to people with mental health issues in Stockport and Oldham
Youth Music - Musicspace 2019-21
£24,952 08/03/2019
Musicspace 2019-21
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Arts for Recovery in the Community
£57,925 28/02/2019
36
This project will deliver a series of arts sessions for young people with poor mental health. This will improve their self-esteem and give them the opportunity to make strong friendships.
Stockport MBC - Grant to ARC
£3,600 01/01/2019
To deliver a pottery workshop for older people, develop the volunteering champion programme and provide photography workshop space.
National Lottery Community Fund - Pottery Pioneers
£9,815 03/05/2018
12
This organisation will run three sets of creative workshops with the aim of improving the wellbeing of adults, children and young people with mental health issues.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 03/05/2017
The Arc Centre
Youth Music - Musicspace
£18,950 17/03/2017
Musicspace
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Arts for Recovery in the Community (Arc)
£60,000 11/01/2016
36
Towards development of an integrated, multi-strand programme enabling people to become active and engaged citizens through enterprising arts-based community projects.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to ARC (Arts for Recovery in the Community)
£63,900 11/06/2015
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing a Community Outreach Programme, addressing the mental health needs of people in deprived areas of Stockport
National Lottery Community Fund - Arc Challenge Model 2020
£419,106 23/04/2015
60
A project to provide tailored support to people in Stockport affected by a range of mental health issues. The project will run a combination of creative and therapeutic arts activities, and offer tailor made support, focusing on individual ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Arts for Recovery in the Community (Arc)
£20,000 03/03/2014
Towards a project which will develop challenge teams, where vulnerable and often isolated people become active and engaged citizens by delivering enterprising arts-based community projects in priority neighbourhoods.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Arts for Recovery in the Community
£25,000 31/05/2013
An arts and well-being organisation based in Stockport, which helps people to recover from a period of mental illness, enabling them to move forward with greater resilience and with new aspirations for the future.
National Lottery Community Fund - The New Pathways Project
£154,734 11/02/2010
48
Arts for Recovery in the Community (Arc) offers people in Stockport recovering from severe mental health issues or emotional distress the New Pathways project. They will expand the current service by building links with GP's and community based ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-67
  • DAVID MILLIGAN CROFT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Technical Instructor
  • HAYLEY LOUISE LIGHTFOOT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Project Manager
  • LUCY ANNE WALLACE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Project Manager
  • PAUL DAVIES (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Corporate Services Manager
  • ROBERT MORRIS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • THOMAS URWIN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/01/2005, number: 1107607
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/11/2004, number: 05288784
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
  • 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
18 returns made; AR16: 11 days late,
Main office

ARTS FOR RECOVERY IN THE COMMUNITY
Hat Works
Wellington Mill
Wellington Road South
STOCKPORT
SK3 0EU

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROTECT MENTAL GOOD HEALTH THROUGH THE USE OF THE ARTS AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY IN NORTH WEST ENGLAND, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN STOCKPORT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH WEST ENGLAND, IN PARTICULAR STOCKPORT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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