Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 7

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

CREATEBOLTON

CREATEBOLTON IS A CHRISTIAN CHARITY BASED IN BOLTON. WE USE THE ARTS IN THEIR WIDEST SENSE TO REACH PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. WE USE A RANGE OF CREATIVE METHODS TO INSPIRE AND CONNECT WITH PEOPLE WHEREVER THEY ARE, TAPPING INTO THEIR CREATIVE GIFTS. WE WORK THROUGH TEAMS OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WITHIN OUR CREATIVE CAFE, WITHIN LOCAL SCHOOLS, WITH LOCAL CHURCHES AND WITH THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/08/23	£139,944	£135,157	£4,787	47
31/08/22	£91,094	£86,779	£4,315	38
31/08/21	£49,413	£59,387	£-9,974	20
31/08/20	£89,895	£83,797	£6,098	12
31/08/19	£71,479	£67,212	£4,267	37

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.createbolton.org.uk

createbolton@gmail.com

07964814297

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Bolton,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
47 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Youth Music	£27,080
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
The Foyle Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	04/04/2022	Core funding for CreateBolton
Youth Music - Create Boltones
£27,080	06/03/2020	Create Boltones
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	04/02/2020	towards the 'Boltones' - a musical group for people with disabilities and learning difficulties

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISON MAUREEN LOMAX (Chair) Appointed: 2013

CHARLOTTE CARLIN Appointed: 2021

CLEMENTINE JOTISCHKY-HULL Appointed: 2023

REV VINCENT CRAIG WHITWORTH Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, DEANE, BOLTON,

STEPHEN PAUL BARBER Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: CANON SLADE TRUST,

ROSS DOUGLAS PYLE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Bookkeeper, Other trusteeship: URBAN OUTREACH (BOLTON),

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/09/2018, number: 1179761

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Claremont House
St George's Road
Bolton
Greater Manchester
BL1 2BY

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION IN BOLTON BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE USE OF SHARED ARTISTIC AND OTHER CREATIVE EXPERIENCES.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL, INCLUDING CARERS OF THOSE IN ILL HEALTH); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).2) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN BOLTON BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES USING THE CREATIVE ARTS.3) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE IN BOLTON WHO CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT WITHIN THE FAMILY HOME BY PROVIDING RESPITE IN THE FORM OF SHARED CREATIVE ARTISTIC EXPERIENCES AWAY FROM THE HOME.THE ABOVE OBJECTS ARE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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