Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

SKY FULL OF STORIES

Sky Full Of Stories utilises the performance arts, storytelling and music to help combat social isolation in marginalised people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests 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
05/04/23*£29£29£0n/a
05/04/22£21£21£1n/a
05/04/21£4£4£0n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.skyfullofstories.com

SKYFULLOFSTORIES@GMAIL.COM

07504628442

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old 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
Sussex Community Foundation£3,075
Postcode Society Trust£2,057
National Lottery Community Fund£1,150
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sky Full of Stories
£1,500 14/07/2023
Funding was provided towards a live music event for people with learning disabilities.
Postcode Society Trust - Project Funding
£2,057 30/06/2023
This funding enabled a community music festival that gave adults with learning disabilities a place to perform and enjoy live music.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sky Full Of Stories Community Sessions
£1,150 29/09/2021
The funding is to provide weekly arts performances and workshops for adults with learning and physical disabilities their families and carers. The sessions will be small in size to be able to cater to participants' needs and will help to alleviate ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sky Full of Stories
£1,575 16/07/2021
Funding was provided for new equipment and instruments to support their return to regular sessions.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ADAM RONCHETTI (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • PAUL ARLBOROUGH Appointed: 2020
  • REV DR HAZEL SHERMAN Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/08/2020, number: 1191068
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
3 returns made; AR23: 21 days late,
Main office

FLAT 7
WINSLAR
I LADYBOWER ROAD
WORTHING
WEST SUSSEX
BN13 3NU

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, AGE, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC POSITION OR SOME OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY: - THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE PERFORMING ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH MUSIC AND MULTI-SENSORY STORYTELLING AND PRACTITIONER TRAINING WORKSHOPS; - THE ACTIVE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY DETERRING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, ASSISTING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND SUPPORTING THEM TO INTEGRATE WITH SOCIETY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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