Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

ARTS CONNECTION - CYSWLLT CELF

To promote, maintain, improve and advance education and participation in the arts including, without limitation, the visual, performing and digital arts and the provision of recreational and leisure time activities with the view to improving the quality of life in local communities in Mid and North Wales and the Borders area.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and 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

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£145£137£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£124£129£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£114£87£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£99£125£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£119£116£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£114£123£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£110£103£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£119£134£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£142£159£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£148£147£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£170£158£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£200£198£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£153£121£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years
(30 years as a company)

https://artsconnection.org.uk

sian@artsconnection.org.uk

07814523521

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Powys, Wrexham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund - All Together Now
£4,875 08/09/2021
The project will use the funding to to revitalise a piece of outdoor space so it can be used by the community whilst creating a sense of community spirit with art workshops and events.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Arts Connection - Cyswllt Celf - 01/03/21
£1,000 12/03/2021
Masquerade
National Lottery Community Fund - Arts Abode
£9,864 30/09/2020
14
Arts Connection - Cyswllt Celf in Powys will help improve the wellbeing and confidence of vulnerable individuals through a series of creative workshops. £9864 will fund artists management and materials. Bydd Cyswllt Celf ym Mhowys yn helpu i wella ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Arts Connection
£10,000 20/09/2018
The Warring Arts - how the end of the war changed art and culture forever
National Lottery Community Fund - Hiraeth - Longing
£10,000 09/08/2018
12
Project Summary :_x000D_ Arts Connection - Cyswllt Celf will use the grant to host a series of arts sessions for refugees, designed to give them a platform for their stories and help them to build relationships with local community ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Arts Connection
£10,000 27/02/2014
Generations On - What the Great War Meant to Us

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-63
  • ANGELA CONTESTABILE (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Public Affairs Manager
  • GLYN ALFRED OWEN TANSLEY Appointed: 2021
  • JOHN PAUL HEXTALL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Manager
  • MARK HARDING Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Play Worker
  • MARTIN DUCKERS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Youth Worker
  • MIRANDA GLEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • THOMAS EDWARDS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Social Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/04/2010, number: 1135641
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/03/1994, number: 02911716
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
13 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from A VOICE FOR YOU LIMITED on 07/06/2022
Main office

Y Dolydd
LLANFYLLIN
Powys
SY22 5LD

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, VISUAL ARTS, PERFORMING ARTS AND DIGITAL ARTS IN MID AND NORTH WALES AND THE BORDERS AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MID AND NORTH WALES AND THE BORDERS AREA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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