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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

THE INSPIRE ARTS TRUST

BALPA (Bristol Academy of Live Performing Arts) for ages 2 - 18 year olds in singing, dancing, musical theatre and instruments. We run a bursary scheme for this to ensure it is accessible to all community members within this age range. Community activities such as involvement in the carnival and Christmas lights switch on. We are now running adult classes as well.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely male?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/08/23£75£65£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£38£50£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£46£40£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£39£40£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£51£40£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£40£45£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£35£34£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£39£45£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£48£44£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£41£102£-61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£125£102£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£148£117£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£143£151£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10*£36£35£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09£39£34£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/08£80£83£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/07£21£3£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/06£71£72£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.inspiretrust.org.uk

info@inspiretrust.org.uk

01454 414880

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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
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Quartet Community Foundation£7,222
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£1,148
Woodward Charitable Trust£1,100
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Summer Playscheme
£1,100 07/06/2024
Summer Playscheme
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Inspire Trust
£2,298 24/05/2023
To offer Streetdance sessions for children from JIGSAW Thornbury a charity that works with children and young people with additional needs and disabilities.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Inspire Arts Trust (BALPA)
£1,148 22/10/2022
We want performing arts to be accessible to all children and finance or family situations to not be a barrier. These funds will help children to have new experiences and improve their wellbeing.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 20/09/2022
towards core costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Inspire Trust
£4,924 31/08/2022
For street dance and musical theatre sessions for children with additional needs, and to fund bursary places for young people from families on low incomes.
Woodward Charitable Trust - DJ workshops at Ashfield Young Offenders Instituti
£3,000 22/02/2010
Towards the DJ workshops at the Ashfield Young Offenders Institution.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • RICHARD DAVID COLLIER-KEYWOOD
  • SEAN CAVANAGH Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Theatre Designer
  • WILLIAM DOUGLAS BROWNING MCGINN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Business Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/10/2005, number: 1111784
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/08/2004, number: 05202978
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR10: 19 days late,
Main office

THE INSPIRE ARTS TRUST
CAEDMON COMPLEX
BRISTOL ROAD
THORNBURY
BRISTOL
BS35 3JA

Objectives

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE, IN THE ARTS (INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR MUSIC, DRAMA AND DANCE).(2) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE BY: (A) PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS AND/OR SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS; AND (B) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES..

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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