Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 11

No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 10

SAXMUNDHAM ART STATION

The Art Station is a dynamic, inclusive, arts charity, offering a free Art and Learning Programme - exhibitions, events, talks, screenings, creative sessions for all ages. Our activities bring people together around enjoyable creative experiences and access to recreation, local facilities and cultural opportunities, also providing volunteering, work placements, work experience and internships.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 3 trustees?
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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 ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/06/23		£217	£219	£-2	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years
(8 years as a company)

www.theartstation.uk

info@theartstation.uk

07927770421

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Secondary schools

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Suffolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

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

DCMS	£40,640
Postcode Places Trust	£24,900
The Foyle Foundation	£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
The Grocers' Charity	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2024 Grant - The Art Station
£4,000	19/06/2024	To support a community project which focuses on improving Saxmundham?s local natural environment and heritage assets, including the Fromus River, by offering engaging and accessible creative activities.
Postcode Places Trust - Project Funding
£24,900	01/05/2023	The funding provides free creative activities, and offers new creative opportunities to increase health and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Art Station Art and Learning Programme
£10,000	15/08/2022	The funding will be used to run inclusive free sessions over a six month period for women men families and children. The project aims to provide an opportunity for everyone in the community (all age groups) to experience different creative ....more The funding will be used to run inclusive free sessions over a six month period for women men families and children. The project aims to provide an opportunity for everyone in the community (all age groups) to experience different creative approaches and participate in workshops and creative sessions.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000	11/07/2022	towards the core costs over the next 12 months of developing and supporting the creative industries in coastal East Suffolk
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£40,640	22/11/2021	This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted all other options for increasing their resilience.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-71

CATHERINE THORPE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Learning Curator

PAUL RICHARDS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Education Management

SUSAN BARNET Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Lecturer/ Artist

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/01/2022, number: 1197450
Registered at Companies House on 11/06/2016, number: 10227051

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

48 HIGH STREET
SAXMUNDHAM
IP17 1AB

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘’OBJECTS’’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(A) TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROMOTING AND FACILITATING ACCESS TO, CREATION OF AND EXHIBITIONS OF THE VISUAL ARTS AND OTHER ART FORMS;(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN RELATION TO THE VISUAL ARTS; (C) TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECREATION OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING FACILITIES, SPACE AND SERVICES TO THEM IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND(D) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND PROVIDING ACTIVITIES TO ASSIST THEIR INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: ILL HEALTH (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL); DISABILITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT.

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