Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 10

CREATIVE LAND TRUST

Purchasing and leasing property, to promote arts, crafts and craftsmanship for the public benefit, in particular, but not exclusively, by providing or facilitating access to affordable workspace for the production of arts and crafts to those in need.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £6,293,556 available, equivalent to 89 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Income has been volatile recently and was substantially in excess of spending in the latest year

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
31/05/24	£1,892	£849	£1,043	£187	£7,492	£6,294	88.9	6	0
31/05/23	£936	£631	£305	£159	£6,449	£5,141	97.8	5	0
31/05/22	£2,687	£514	£2,173	£153	£6,143	£4,786	111.7	5	0
31/05/21	£977	£2,002	£-1,025	£8	£3,472	£14	0.1	5	1
31/05/20	£4,929	£437	£4,492	£46	£4,497	£14	0.4	3	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 22%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 36%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 42%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 84%
Reserves/Spending: 88.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 23 months
Quick Ratio: 7.7

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 6 years

creativelandtrust.org

info@creativelandtrust.org

07850288577

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Creative Land Trust
£84,669	12/09/2023	Creating Futures at Alice Billings House
Greater London Authority - Grant to Creative Land Trust
£170,000	10/12/2022	To deliver a project space with cultural engagement officer to hold workshops and events within the new Alice Billings House. The project will also deliver a strategy for activating underused space on Stratford High Street.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-68

ALEXANDRA KATHERINE NOTAY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Fund Director

ALICE MILLEST Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant

ANDREW MARTIN (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant

CANDIDA GERTLER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: None

CATHERINE HELEN WEBSTER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Surveyor

DANIEL LEON SILVER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Artist

JAMES RICHARD CAMPBELL COOKSEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor

KRUPA THAKRAR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor

MALENE ODDERSHEDE BACH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Artist

NATALIE ALEXANDRA PAULINE CARTER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor

SUE-LIN HENG Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/04/2019, number: 1182876
Registered at Companies House on 17/05/2018, number: 11367824

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
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

110 GOLDEN LANE
LONDON
EC1Y 0TG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ARTS, CRAFTS AND CRAFTSMANSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING OR FACILITATING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE WORKSPACE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ARTS AND CRAFTS TO THOSE IN NEED.

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