Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 1

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 0

RICNIC

1. To improve access to the creative arts for young people especially and for society more generally. 2. To help and educate young people in order that they develop their capabilities and skills, and grow to increased maturity. 3. Where appropriate, to work with and support the work of other organisations to further the charitable objects and mission central to RicNic.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/12/23	£22	£94	£-72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	£84	£83	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£71	£55	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£51	£45	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£35	£71	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£130	£43	£86	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	£37	£45	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	£22	£36	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	£41	£22	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.ricnic.org.uk

contact@ricnic.org.uk

07841333239

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire East, Sandwell, Staffordshire, Walsall,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£16,500
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,750
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust	£1,218
Cheshire Community Foundation	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000	15/03/2024	Core costs
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Project Funding
£1,218	01/05/2023	Funded young people to stage a complete theatre production independently, gaining crucial arts experience and life skills along the way.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£750	31/10/2022	Core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500	10/06/2022	WCA Winner 2022-2023
Cheshire Community Foundation - 'Own The Stage' - Cheshire 2022
£1,000	13/12/2021	RicNic is a theatre charity providing free theatre projects for young people aged 7-25. During 2020, RicNic's work in East Cheshire will provide 500 young people with the opportunity to participate in FREE theatre projects aimed at improving their ....more RicNic is a theatre charity providing free theatre projects for young people aged 7-25. During 2020, RicNic's work in East Cheshire will provide 500 young people with the opportunity to participate in FREE theatre projects aimed at improving their well-being through enjoyable activity but also developing key skills which are transferable to further education and employment. This funding will be specifically used towards the costs of delivering our 'Own The Stage' project to 150 x children aged 7-11, enabling them to receive free workshops from experience practitioners and to come together in a public venue to perform for their local community. The project will help to boost education and skills at an early age by providing a safe platform for children to express themselves, build their confidence, collaborate, share ideas and learn new skills, before combining their efforts to create a free performance for members of the local community.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	02/10/2020	RicNic Core Funding 2021

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AUTUMN JADE BEDDOE Appointed: 2024

CAROLINE MARY DAVIS Appointed: 2024

CHRISTOPHER ROBERT SLESSER Appointed: 2024

ELEANOR JOY MACPHERSON Appointed: 2020

HANNAH JANE LINDSEY Appointed: 2023

JESSICA MABEL WILLIAMS Appointed: 2024

LUCY THOMSON-SMITH Appointed: 2024

NATALIE EMMA HASLAM (Chair) Appointed: 2021

SAMUEL OLADEINDE Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/10/2014, number: 1158837

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
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

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

72 Mill Road
Pelsall
Walsall
Walsall
Uk
WS4 1BU

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CREATIVE ARTS BY: 1. FACILITATING COURSES, PROJECTS AND WORKSHOPS2. AWARDING GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO FURTHER THE CHARITY’S CHARITABLE OBJECTS

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