Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

RT COMMUNITY PROJECTS LTD

RTProjects aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of people in County Durham through engagement in creative activities with others. Our core work takes place in our community art studio 'The Open Art Surgery', a safe and supportive environment where individuals connect with others in their communities, support each other, learn new creative skills, and have a place they can call home.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • 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£94£134£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£158£121£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£150£110£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£76£89£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£95£69£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£81£72£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£69£67£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£57£65£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£74£66£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£53£52£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£57£37£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£32£69£-37n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.rtprojects.org.uk

hello@rtprojects.org.uk

01913849745

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Darlington, Durham, Hartlepool,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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
County Durham Community Foundation£113,368
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£41,987
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust£25,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£25,000
DCMS£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,991
The Baring Foundation£12,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000 01/05/2023
The funding will provide weekly group art therapy sessions and one to one support to those severely struggling with their mental health.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to RT Community Projects Ltd
£2,000 30/03/2023
Towards the organisations charitable activities of providing one to one support to its 50 beneficiaries in durham
County Durham Community Foundation - Transport Support
£1,997 22/03/2023
Towards travel cost for beneficiaries to access servies
National Lottery Community Fund - Sweet Soul Music
£9,991 24/02/2023
The funding will be used to deliver weekly therapeutic music activities for people experiencing mental health problems and people suffering from loneliness. The project aims to reduce isolation and improve mental wellbeing whilst also connecting ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Through the lens
£7,677 19/01/2023
Towards delivering a series of film making and photography workshops.
County Durham Community Foundation - Grant to RT Community Projects Ltd
£9,992 18/01/2023
To deliver sessions for people with mental illness the community art studio ‘in Gilesgate, Durham.
County Durham Community Foundation - Looking Forward
£9,967 07/12/2022
To looking forward project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Lifeline - Mental Health Lead
£19,271 26/09/2022
To support the salary of our Mental Health Lead.
County Durham Community Foundation - Art in the Park
£9,979 05/04/2022
The Art in the Park project.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to RT Community Projects
£9,987 07/10/2021
Providing therapeutic art activities for people experiencing mental health issues in County Durham
National Lottery Community Fund - Art in the Studio
£10,000 23/07/2021
The funding will be used to deliver weekly creative sessions for people experiencing mental health problems particularly those at risk of suicide. The sessions will bring people with shared experiences together to benefit from peer support while ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Resilience 21
£24,757 21/06/2021
To expand a weekly face to face sessions of creative activity.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to RT Community Projects
£30,000 13/05/2021
Continued support for the charity's core costs as they continue to develop the organisation
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - RT Community Projects
£5,000 24/03/2021
Towards core costs of a part-time support worker to support more people accessing the Open Art Surgery for people with mental illness and some struggling with suicidal thoughts.
County Durham Community Foundation - Come in from the cold
£24,728 16/12/2020
To support the Come in from the cold project.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 23/10/2020
RT Projects: Saving lives with art.
The Baring Foundation - Grant to RTProjects
£12,000 14/09/2020
To employ and train an additional creative facilitator in order to increase the number of sessions to accommodate smaller group sizes
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£20,000 31/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Keep in touch
£5,000 14/05/2020
To support the keep in touch project.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Supporting management development and staff restructure
£25,000 14/02/2020
Supporting management development and staff restructure
National Lottery Community Fund - The Men's Shed
£10,000 14/02/2019
12
This project aims to help vulnerable men at risk of social isolation by running a weekly creative activities workshop, teaching them new skills such as woodcarving and printmaking, before showcasing their achievements at a celebration event.
County Durham Community Foundation - Headspace
£4,000 07/02/2019
To support the Headspace project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Arts & Minds
£10,000 22/08/2018
To support an Arts and Minds project.
People's Health Trust - Renaissance Art
£21,826 23/05/2018
This one-year project aimed to build on an existing art group for residents of different areas of County Durham who were unemployed and experienced mental health issues. The initial group was set up using funding from the Trust and participants ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Volunteer Co-ordinator
£5,000 24/11/2017
Towards employing a part-time Volunteer Coordinator.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Health and Well-being Officer
£7,600 07/11/2017
Health and Well-being Officer
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to RT Community Projects Ltd
£7,600 07/11/2017
12
towards one year's salary of a Health & Wellbeing Officer at a project providing dedicated support, advice and guidance regarding health and wellbeing to individuals in County Durham
National Lottery Community Fund - Making Memories
£9,980 25/01/2017
12
The project will set up a dementia café for local people who have been diagnosed with dementia and their live-in carers. The project will help couples to develop their communication skills, confidence and coping strategies, provide reminiscent ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to RT Community Projects Ltd
£16,500 27/09/2013
RT Community Projects provide a range of arts based services to people suffering from, or recovering from a mental health episode taking service users from across County Durham
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to R T Community Projects Ltd (Durham)
£15,630 21/09/2012
Towards the cost of providing creative learning activities for people with learning disabilities.
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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

Age Range of Trustees: 25-63
  • DR JAN HINRICH PANKE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Gp
  • ISOBEL LOUISE ARMITAGE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Student
  • JOSEPH JACK CASHMORE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Managing Director
  • RACHEL BAKER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Data And Exams Manager
  • SARA PUNSHON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Teacher
  • SIMON WOOLLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Education Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/03/2011, number: 1141017
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/04/2009, number: 06868423
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
  • 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
12 returns made; AR18: 1 days late,
Main office

The Open Art Surgery
23 MILL HOUSE COURT
DURHAM
DH1 2JJ

Objectives

1)THE PROMOTION, PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ART PROJECTS AND COURSES.2)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CREATIVE AND VISUAL ARTS BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL COURSES, FACILITIES AND OTHER SUPPORT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DURHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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