Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

EMBRACING ARTS

Founded in 2009, Embracing Arts provides interactive, multi-sensory musical theatre experiences for children with special educational needs and life limiting illness. The charity works with SEND schools and hospice services to improve the wellbeing of children who have limited access to the arts and cultural provision. We provide interactive Christmas shows, Inclusive parties and School Workshops.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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

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
05/04/23£113£94£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/22£69£70£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/21£49£54£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/20£60£62£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/19£69£56£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/18£38£44£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/17£57£27£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/16£13£8£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.embracingarts.org.uk

info@embracingarts.org.uk

01795713536

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
BBC Children in Need£47,424
City Bridge Trust£26,600
The Foyle Foundation£7,000
Backstage Trust£5,000
True Colours Trust£3,657
DCMS£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
True Colours Trust - Towards the salaries of three actors performing 'Chrimblesense', a live show for children with co
£3,657 08/12/2023
Towards the costs of a live show for children with complex health and special education needs.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Embracing Arts-Christmas For Kids
£44,424 27/07/2023
This project will provide Christmas theatre performances to sick and disabled children in hospices, SEN schools or hospitals across England, to provide fun and interactive experiences for all those involved.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£7,000 29/11/2022
towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months
Backstage Trust - Production grant
£5,000 26/09/2022
Christmas touring show for children in hospitals, hospices and SEND schools
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Embracing Arts
£21,000 03/08/2022
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£21,000 over three years (£6,000; £7,000; £8,000) towards the costs of delivering the Christmas for Kids programme in London Funding to help meet the costs of Embracing Arts delivering its live performance and digital programme, Christmas for ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Christmas For Kids
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund the technological support for staff to deliver recorded theatre performances for 1,500 sick and disabled children in hospices, schools or hospitals who are isolated due to Covid-19, and help them improve their ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 30/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Christmas for Kids
£5,600 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £5,600, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation's current grant. COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Christmas for Kids
£5,600 30/10/2019
£5,600 towards 'Harry's Christmas Spirit' - tour of interactive multi-sensory music and puppetry show to children's hospices and related venues in the Greater London area in December 2019.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Christmas For Kids
£29,775 13/11/2017
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This project will provide Christmas theatre performances to sick and disabled children in hospices, SEN schools or hospitals across England, to provide fun and interactive experiences for all those involved.
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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

  • ANDREW KEOGAN Appointed: 2022
  • BAR HUBERMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • CHARLOTTE SELENE PYM CORNISH Appointed: 2024
  • DAVE HEARN BA HONS Appointed: 2018
  • DAVID EQUALITY HULL-WATTERS Appointed: 2024
  • EMMA JANE REEVES Appointed: 2015
  • SAMSON OLUWATOBI AJEWOLE AYINDE Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/07/2015, number: 1162812
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

4 Barrel Lane
FAVERSHAM
Kent
ME13 7FL

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, DISABILITIES AND ILLNESSES, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGHOUT THE UK BY MEANS OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF MUSIC, DRAMA AND PUPPETRY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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