Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

SOLE BAY ARTS C.I.O.

St Edmund?s Hall in Southwold was originally built as a church hall - it plays host to a large number of community and church events.The building is in a poor state of disrepair. Sole Bay Arts has been established to a) operate the Hall as an arts and community centre and raise the necessary funds to refurbish the building and facilities to the benefit of all.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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

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
31/12/23£208£194£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£160£177£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£184£130£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£75£122£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£133£107£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£68£44£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17*£46£34£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.southwoldartscentre.co.uk

info@southwoldartscentre.co.uk

01502722572

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Village halls & community buildings
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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£28,000
The Foyle Foundation£7,000
Suffolk Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,000 28/04/2023
as a general donation
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£28,000 18/10/2021
This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted all other options for increasing their resilience.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£3,000 28/04/2021
towards ongoing costs (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Suffolk Community Foundation - Core funding to keep Southwold Arts Centre functioning through COVID.
£5,000 27/01/2021
4
Core funding to keep Southwold Arts Centre functioning through COVID.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sole Bay Arts C.I.O.
£3,334 19/11/2018
Help us to refurbish and develop St Edmund's Hall to present all year-round events and facilities not available in the area.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW JOHN TAYLOR Appointed: 2022
  • FIONA ELIZABETH TAYLOR Appointed: 2021
  • PAUL DAVID LUKE Appointed: 2023
  • PAUL HEGARTY Appointed: 2020
  • PROF GEOFFREY MICHAEL ROWAN-ROBINSON (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • ROBERT MOLE Appointed: 2019
  • REV ALAN DAVID PERRY Appointed: 2019
  • RIDLEY MICHAEL BURNETT Appointed: 2021
  • ROSEMARY ANNE HUMPHREYS Appointed: 2020
  • SIMON FLUNDER Appointed: 2020
  • VICTORIA MARGARET REDINGTON Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/12/2016, number: 1170774
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR18: 138 days late, AR17: 470 days late,
Main office

SOUTHWOLD ARTS CENTRE
CUMBERLAND ROAD
SOUTHWOLD
SUFFOLK

Objectives

THE OBJECT[S] OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE AND TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWOLD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THEM, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING WITH THEM AND WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY (INTER ALIA) ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE IN ST EDMUND'S HALL, SOUTHWOLD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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