Finance Score: -18
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -16 ?

THE CITY ARTS TRUST LIMITED 

to promote, maintain, improve and advance education, particularly by the encouragement of the arts, including the arts of design, drama, mime, dance, singing and music and to formulate, prepare and establish festivals and schemes therefor in the City of London and elsewhere
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years
  • This charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/22£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17?£403£378£25£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£1,284£1,306£-21£59£-25£-25-0.270
30/09/14£1,402£1,570£-169£43£-4£-4-070
30/09/13£1,175£1,236£-61£44£165£1651.660
30/09/12£1,321£1,339£-18£38£226£223260
30/09/11£1,198£1,172£27£38£244£2442.560
30/09/10£1,247£1,231£16£38£217£2172.160
30/09/09£1,167£1,121£47£34£201£2012.260
30/09/08£1,302£1,280£22£29£155£1551.560
30/09/07£1,203£1,202£1£37£133£1331.360
30/09/06£1,093£1,044£49£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£913£911£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04*£972£961£11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 62 years

01732743800

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of London,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to City Arts Trust Limited
£10,000 19/04/2013
City of London Tree Heritage projects

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 46-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/02/1962, number: 204828
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/02/1962, number: 00716035
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR21: 3 days late, AR20: 368 days late, AR19: 734 days late, AR18: 23 days late, AR04: 10 days late,
Main office

LADYFIELD
2 Middlings Wood
Kippington Road
SEVENOAKS
TN13 2LF

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DESIGN, DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FESTIVALS IN THE CITY OF LONDON AND ELSEWHERE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF LONDON AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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