Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 3

No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 4

THE HANDLEBARDS CIO

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PERFORMING ARTS OF THEATRE, DRAMA AND MUSIC.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees

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
31/03/23	*	£288,737	£115,472	£173,265	0
31/03/22		£16,698	£9,963	£6,735	1
31/03/21		£23,630	£501	£23,129	1

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.handlebards.com

tom@handlebards.com

07799151420

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - TASK to The Handlebards CIO
£10,000	16/05/2023	TASK fund donation towards educational work

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

HARRY ALEXANDER BERNARD BRESSLAW Appointed: 2020

HILARY JANE WYNTER Appointed: 2020

KATHRYN LINDSAY JONES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: TITANS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/02/2020, number: 1188117

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR23: 111 days late,

Main office

9 ST. LUKES DRIVE
ORRELL
WIGAN
WN5 7AU

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PERFORMING ARTS OF THEATRE, DRAMA AND MUSIC.

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