Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

ARTS THERAPIES FOR CHILDREN

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AGED 5 - 18 EXPERIENCING LEARNING, BEHAVIOURAL, EMOTIONAL AND OTHER DIFFICULTIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ARTS THERAPIES IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AS AN ADDITION TO THEIR DAILY SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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
30/06/24£479£451£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/23£403£320£82n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£205£264£-59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£255£134£120n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20?£127£89£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£69£65£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£46£36£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.artstherapies.org.uk

info@artstherapies.org.uk

02033555368

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire, Throughout London,
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
DCMS£53,650
National Lottery Community Fund£9,905
The London Community Foundation£9,880
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Developing provision of Arts Therapies via office set-up
£9,905 25/06/2021
The funding will be used to move into office premises. The project aims to expand their services to meet the demand.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Arts Therapies For Children
£9,880 09/10/2020
6
The funding is to provide weekly arts therapy sessions for 19 children over six months. These will be new clients who are suffering from mental health difficulties as a result of the Covid crisis.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£53,650 09/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Please help me!
£9,950 05/09/2019
12
Please help me!
National Lottery Community Fund - Making A Greater Difference
£10,000 27/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver art therapy sessions that are designed to support school children who are living with the effects of distress or mental ill health. The project aims to improve confidence and self-esteem.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • DR ALAN DEAN HIRSCHOWITZ BDS-WITS Appointed: 2016
  • JONATHAN ALEXANDER GILMOUR Appointed: 2021
  • OMER TIROCHE Appointed: 2021
  • RABBI AUBREY HERSH Appointed: 2016
  • SHIMON FHIMA MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/06/2016, number: 1167912
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

ATFC
23 Ravenshurst Avenue
LONDON
NW4 4EE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AGED 5 - 18 EXPERIENCING LEARNING, BEHAVIOURAL, EMOTIONAL AND OTHER DIFFICULTIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ARTS THERAPIES IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AS AN ADDITION TO THEIR DAILY SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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