Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

BLOOMIN' ARTS LIMITED

To provide for the benefit of adults with learning difficulties in Surrey and surrounding areas accessible opportunities for participation and education in performing arts and supporting crafts with the aim of improving their health,wellbeing and conditions of life
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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£157£186£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22?£125£116£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21£106£102£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£113£91£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19£109£95£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18£82£80£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£71£71£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£61£66£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15£80£69£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/14£78£85£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/13£68£75£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/12£56£33£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.bloominarts.org.uk

info@bloominarts.org.uk

01342836785

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • 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
Community Foundation for Surrey£27,481
Garfield Weston Foundation£21,000
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation£16,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
The Foyle Foundation£7,500
DCMS£6,525
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Core Costs to support the operational delivery of Arts workshops for adults with learning difficulties.
£500 16/01/2023
Funding towards core costs of a creative arts charity for adults with learning disabilities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 09/12/2022
Unrestricted/Core Costs for Bloomin' Arts
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Bloomin' Arts Ltd
£16,000 10/11/2022
Theatre tutor costs
Community Foundation for Surrey - Core costs for supporting the General Manager
£2,000 14/10/2022
Funding is for this Lingfield based charity to support people with learning disabilities take part in the creative arts.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£7,500 11/07/2022
towards core costs over the next 12 months
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Coordinator and Admin Support
£10,000 24/06/2022
The funding will be used to employ a volunteer coordinator and administrator to start a system of volunteer support for learning disabled adults. The project aims to help people to reduce their social isolation and improve their mental wellbeing ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bloomin' Arts
£1,310 23/10/2021
We would like to take a performing arts workshop into local schools to help break down barriers in the community for those with special needs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£11,000 28/05/2021
Bloomin' Arts Revenue (Core Costs)
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - People with Disabilities
£19,981 23/03/2021
Funding toward a rekindling project which will be available to participants online and face to face, by a charity based in East Surrey, that supports adults with learning disabilities, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£6,525 11/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - People with Disabilities
£5,000 17/04/2020
Funding toward the essential running costs of a charity, based in East Surrey, that supports adults with learning difficulties, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Craft Collective
£6,000 07/10/2019
12
Craft project to enable adults with learning disabilities to develop and create craft products for sale.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£3,000 20/09/2019
towards two new laptops and one Apple Mac
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bloomin Arts theater group performance of ""Footprints""
£2,750 19/11/2018
We want to create, develop and produce an original show and tour it for 12 months, with all performers being disabled adults.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bloomin'Arts Enterprises
£5,000 27/09/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver arts and craft session to people with learning disabilities. The project aims to engage people with a positive activity and to learn a range of skills around business and enterprise.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Bloomin'Arts'Musical Director
£2,500 25/06/2018
11
Employment of a Musical Director for a charity which supports learning disabled adults.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bloomin' Arts
£20,000 13/06/2018
24
towards two year's salary of a Volunteer Coordinator at a theatre project in Surrey providing activities and support for people with learning disabilities
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Health and Wellbeing' project
£7,650 21/06/2017
12
This project will deliver weekly health and wellbeing workshops to adults with learning disabilities that will include poetry, movement and yoga sessions. This will support them to reduce stress, manage anxiety and improve their mental and physical ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Bloomin'Arts Theatre Company Coordinator
£6,500 14/02/2017
11
Coordinator salary for a Theatre Company for people with learning disabilities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bloomin' Arts
£9,000 04/12/2014
towards one year's running costs of a project providing combined arts programmes for people with learning disabilities in Surrey
Sport England - Bloomin'Arts Dance and movement sessions
£3,400 21/07/2014
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Bloomin'Arts Dance and movement sessions'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bloomin' Arts
£12,000 12/09/2012
24
towards two years' salary of staff running a drama project in Surrey for people with learning disabilities
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-76
  • ANN MARGARET WEEDER MA,BA,CQSW Appointed: 2012
  • ALISON BENTLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • CATRE-AENA JANE MCDONALD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Finance Coordinator
  • JILL ROBERTS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Quality Lead In Adult Social Care
  • JORDAN ADAMS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: None
  • RICHARD ADAMS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Carer
  • ROY GIBSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Volunteer
  • SUSAN BATLEY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired
  • SHIRLEY GILL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trust Manager
  • TIMOTHY BENTLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/01/2012, number: 1145645
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/10/2011, number: 07822981
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from EAST SURREY MENCAP on 20/07/2022
Main office

Unit 5/A
Shawlands Court
Newchapel Road
Lingfield
RH7 6BL

Objectives

TO PROVIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ADULTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN EAST SURREY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION AND EDUCATION IN PERFORMING ARTS AND SUPPORTING STAGE CRAFTS WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR HEALTH, WELLBEING AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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