Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 3
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE LETTERING & COMMEMORATIVE ARTS TRUST

We encourage the UK's tradition of lettercarving to flourish through our Apprenticeship Scheme, Lettercarving Workshops, regular exhibitions, the Art & Memory Collection and illustrated publications. We also help and advise people with the commissioning of unique memorials and other lettered works,
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • 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
31/12/23£126£92£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£173£159£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21*£219£172£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£115£149£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£203£202£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£185£234£-49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£240£212£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£149£193£-44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15?£192£210£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/14£212£183£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/13£319£191£128n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

www.letteringartstrust.org.uk

finance@letteringartstrust.org.uk

01728688393

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • 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
Essex Community Foundation - The Lettering & Commemorative Arts Trust
£1,000 04/03/2024
to support Britain's long tradition of letter-carving in stone, slate and wood to flourish through Apprenticeship and Journeyman Schemes
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Lettering & Commemorative Arts Trust
£1,000 20/03/2023
to support Britain's long tradition of letter-carving in stone, slate and wood to flourish through Apprenticeship and Journeyman Schemes
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Lettering & Commemorative Arts Trust
£1,000 20/04/2022
to support Britain's long tradition of letter-carving in stone, slate and wood to flourish through Apprenticeship and Journeyman Schemes
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Lettering & Commemorative Arts Trust
£1,000 15/03/2021
to support Britain's long tradition of letter-carving in stone, slate and wood to flourish through Apprenticeship and Journeyman Schemes
DCMS - CRF21:The Lettering and Commemorative Arts Trust
£21,000 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF20 The Lettering and Commemorative Arts Trust
£42,000 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Lettering & Commemorative Arts Trust
£1,000 03/04/2020
To support Britain's long tradition of letter-carving in stone, slate and wood to flourish through Apprenticeship and Journeyman Schemes
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 16/04/2019
The Lettering Arts Trust 2019 Exhibition Programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 21/11/2017
The Lettering Arts Trust 2017 Collaboration and Outreach Programme
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 54-68
  • CATHERINE SAMY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Corporate Communications Consu
  • DR ELISABETH ASHBRIDGE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Letter Carver
  • JOHN NICHOLAS HEATH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Surveyor
  • KAROLINE NEWMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Public Relations Consultant
  • MARK JOHN NOAD (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Graphic Designer
  • RON CLARKE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Finance Director
  • TEUCER WILSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Letter Carver And Sculptor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/08/2012, number: 1148638
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/02/2012, number: 07936156
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
11 returns made; AR21: 73 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE MEMORIAL ARTS CHARITY on 10/11/2023
Main office

LETTERING ARTS TRUST
50 Princes Street
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 1RJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UK'S LETTERING TRADITION, PARTICULARLY CONCERNING LETTERING FOR MEMORIALS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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