Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

THE ART MINISTRY 

The Art Ministry is a charity who run weekly arts and crafts groups and clubs for a wide variety of people from Essex. We focus on people who are most likely to benefit from the opportunity that being involved in creative activity provides for making friends, boosting self confidence and improving self esteem.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly female

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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£61£34£27n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/12/21*£29£28£1n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/20£30£21£9n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/19£19£30£-11n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/12/18*£31£33£-1£0£0£0n/a035
31/12/17*£30£23£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£17£27£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£24£19£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£23£21£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£33£22£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£24£18£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£25£17£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£17£24£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£19£15£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£17£19£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£27£24£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£13£23£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£31£19£12£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.theartministry.org.uk

contact@theartministry.org.uk

07582025163

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex, Southend-on-sea,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 7 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£14,660
Essex Community Foundation£14,500
DCMS£10,000
Co-Operative Group£7,090
Allen Lane Foundation£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Art Ministry
£1,408 21/10/2023
We would like to run affordable, creative activities for families in Leigh-on-Sea during the school holidays.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Art Ministry
£500 14/02/2023
to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Art Ministry
£1,000 14/02/2023
to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Art Ministry
£3,000 18/08/2022
two support two weekly art sessions at housing schemes for elderly or disadvantaged people in Southend
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to The Art Ministry
£2,000 11/07/2022
£2,000 single grant towards sessional costs of a creative group for people with mental health issues in Essex
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Jubilee Community
£3,220 08/04/2022
The group will use the funding to deliver a variety of creative activities for the Queen’s Jubilee. This will bring people together and reduce social isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Creating Together
£1,780 23/08/2021
The funding is for the restart of the organisation's weekly art and craft sessions bringing together groups with various needs. The project aims to bring together people with a common need in an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Art Ministry - Creating Community
£9,660 13/08/2021
The funding will be used to runs arts & crafts sessions for people with disabilities and other conditions such as mental ill health challenges. The project aims to bring people together to ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Art Ministry
£10,000 12/03/2021
to employ a part time operations manager for a small charity providing arts and crafts to disabled, disadvantaged and young people in the Castle Point and surrounding area for six months
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Art Ministry
£2,534 24/10/2020
We will provide arts and crafts activities for disadvantaged children and adults in Essex, so that they can improve their wellbeing.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 23/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Art Ministry
£3,149 15/11/2019
We want to fund a weekly arts and crafts session for adults with mental health issues.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Art Ministry
£5,582 19/11/2018
We need funds to run a weekly arts and crafts session for visually impaired young people and adults.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Art Ministry
£2,776 29/11/2017
Help us buy materials for our weekly arts and crafts session for local children and young people with learning and/or physical disabilities.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Art Ministry
£2,825 04/08/2017
Support art and craft sessions that help groups who are at risk of social isolation feel part of the wider community.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Art Ministry
£9,200 28/04/2011
the art therapy group for people with mental health issues to include salary, insurance, rent and material costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/02/2005, number: 1108227
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR21: 4 days late, AR18: 284 days late, AR17: 112 days late, AR15: 1 days late,
Main office

1 Church Road
Hadleigh
Essex
SS7 2DQ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF ART IN ALL ITS ASPECTS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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