Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 17

UPSWING AERIAL LIMITED

Upswing makes modern cross art performance and participatory experiences that use circus skills as a vehicle for creative expression, exploring contemporary issues through the performing arts in general and circus in particular. The work challenges preconceptions of what circus can address, who can participate in it and its relevance to modern culture.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 12 years
(13 years as a company)

www.upswing.org.uk

info@upswing.org.uk

02076134843

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£363	£359	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£425	£376	£50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£264	£204	£60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£299	£288	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/19		£347	£338	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/18	*	£414	£372	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£393	£376	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£254	£267	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£214	£215	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£195	£183	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

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Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£113,145
City Bridge Trust	£103,625
John Lyon's Charity	£69,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£53,915	22/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	03/07/2020	Upswing – Two-Year Ambition for Growth and Delivery
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Upswing Aerial Limited
£7,625	09/04/2020	A one-off, unrestricted grant of £7,625, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
DCMS - Upswing Recovery April-June 2021
£59,230	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Upswing Aerial Limited
£96,000	11/02/2020 36	£96,000 over three years (£30,500; £38,000; £27,500) for Homemade Circus workshops in residential care homes and to update an associated Toolkit.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Upswing
£69,000	14/06/2019 36	Seasons
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	18/06/2018	Sustaining success, reach and impact

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-58

ADESOMO OKOJIE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Founder Of Black Women In Hr

ASHLEY LAWRENCE THEODORE JORDAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Performer & Choreographer / Company Director

LUCY ANNE MORGAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor

NINA LYNDON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Director

CHRIS WANE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Portfolio Manager

DR MERCY HARRIET NABIRYE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Arts & Management / Creative Consultant / Director, Other trusteeships: LISA ULLMANN TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP FUND, PAVILION DANCE SOUTH WEST LIMITED,

CAROLINE ROKEYA SYLVIA NICOLA MEABY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: STUDIO 3 ARTS,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/10/2012, number: 1149245
Registered at Companies House on 10/05/2010, number: 07248211

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
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

10 returns made; AR18: 13 days late, AR14: 38 days late,

Main office

RICH MIX
35-47 BETHNAL GREEN ROAD
LONDON
E1 6LA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF THE ART OF DRAMA

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