Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

ARTS FOR LIFE PROJECT (UK)

Arts for Life Project is a charity supporting young people and their families' emotional health and wellbeing through the therapeutic value of the creative arts. Our projects focus on individuals with complex hidden needs that push them to the margins of society and the community support structure around them to make impactful change in their everyday lives.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 4 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£280	£204	£77	n/a
31/03/22		£220	£183	£36	n/a
31/03/21?	*	£122	£118	£4	n/a
31/08/20		£81	£70	£11	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.artsforlifeproject.org

enquiries@artsforlifeproject.org

01923 841658

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Specialty hospitals (incl psychiatric)

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

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

The Clothworkers Foundation	£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,945
John Lyon's Charity	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Sensory Studio; Art Exhibition & materials
£9,945	22/09/2023	The funding will be used to put on an art exhibition and make a sensory room for young people to help them improve their auditory tactile and visual processing fine and gross motor skills. The project aims to encourage more young people across the ....more The funding will be used to put on an art exhibition and make a sensory room for young people to help them improve their auditory tactile and visual processing fine and gross motor skills. The project aims to encourage more young people across the community to access provision that will improve their health and wellbeing.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Arts For Life Project
£4,000	21/06/2021	Summer Creative Crew Drop-in
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Arts For Life Project
£15,000	18/03/2020	refurbishment of permanent residence for a charity for Childrens mental health in Harrow
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Arts For Life Project
£60,000	13/11/2019 36	Core costs
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Arts For Life Project
£4,000	17/06/2019 12	Summer Activities Programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAHLIA BASRAWI Appointed: 2018

EMMA ST QUINTIN MATTHEWS Appointed: 2018

JEFFREY ROLLASON Appointed: 2023

JOHN HOOPER CADMAN Appointed: 2003

JONATHAN GROSSKOPF Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Freelance Chartered Accountant

PENNY ANN ERICSON (Chair) Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/04/2019, number: 1182882

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR23: 28 days late, AR21: 107 days late,

Main office

Forge House
Forge Lane
Northwood

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: THE RELIEF OF NEED OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 – 25YRS OLD, INCLUDING FAMILIES, CARERS AND THEIR SUPPORTIVE NETWORK LIVING IN GREATER LONDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH USING THE INTEGRATIVE ARTS IN THERAPY AND EDUCATION.

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