Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

ART CARE EDUCATION

Art Care Education "Making a difference by enhancing lives through art". In the gallery in Somerton, Somerset we showcase art and craft work from mainly local artists, in our gallery we host changing exhibitions, provide education / workshops for adults and children and provide an outreach programme aimed at improving wellbeing in care homes and community settings.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
31/03/24£155£150£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£147£173£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£182£183£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£152£129£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£145£133£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£118£115£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£49£48£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.acearts.co.uk

aceartssomerset@icloud.com

07812566208

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£50,000
Somerset Community Foundation£22,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Co-Operative Group£2,231
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Somerset Community Foundation - Grant to Art Care Education
£15,000 09/03/2022
ACEarts is a gallery with an annual programme of exhibitions, creative events and a retail space showcasing local artisan, fairtrade and ethical products. Their aim is to provide art and creative activity to inspire, empower and enable people to ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ACEarts
£2,231 23/10/2021
We would like to offer free, family-friendly, art-based workshops during the school holidays that are available to everyone.
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 preparing staff and gallery for reopening
£4,000 28/05/2021
COVID19 preparing staff and gallery for reopening
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Therapeutic arts activities for vulnerable people in Somerton
£3,000 28/09/2020
3
Grant to Art Care Education
DCMS - Keeping our Culture
£50,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 28/02/2020
Core Costs
Somerset Community Foundation - Woodland Works for Well-being
£2,700 26/03/2019
6
Creative, outdoor activities for enhancing wellbeing in adults experiencing mental health problems.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 11/10/2018
Core costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 68-77
  • ANDREW ELFICK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • RHIANNON CROSS Appointed: 2023
  • SHIRLEY ANN CHAPMAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Customer Assistant
  • SANDRA MEECH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • SIR JOHN SEBASTIAN CHANCE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Artist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/05/2016, number: 1166886
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/10/2015, number: 09815245
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
  • 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
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Old Town Hall
Market Place
Somerton
Somerset
TA11 7NB

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS AND TO PROMOTE ART, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE AND WORKSHOPS, CLASSES AND ART SESSIONS AND PROMOTING ARTISTIC EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS.2) TO PRESERVE SOMERTON OLD TOWN HALL, A BUILDING OF SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.3) TO PROMOTE HEALTH FOR PERSONS IN POOR HEALTH, OLD AGE OR WITH A DISABILITY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:A) THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE AND WORKSHOPS, CLASSES AND ART SESSIONS AND PROMOTING ARTISTIC EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS;B) THE PROVISION OF EXERCISE ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL INTERACTION AND STIMULATION

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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