Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Good reserves management: +3
Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 15

APPLES AND SNAKES

Apples & Snakes champions poets and poetry, amplifies voices and stretches the idea of what poetry can be. This is achieved through organising participatory workshops in schools, libraries, community centres, prisons and other venues and through the production of performance poetry and live literature events throughout England and Wales.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/24		£624	£763	£-139	£70	£321	£297	4.7	8	0
31/03/23	*	£654	£641	£13	£84	£460	£363	6.8	7	0
31/03/22		£629	£637	£-7	£79	£447	£366	6.9	8	0
31/03/21		£639	£430	£208	£69	£454	£313	8.7	7	0
31/03/20?		£616	£616	£1	£65	£246	£198	3.9	12	0
31/03/18	*	£705	£726	£-21	£41	£265	£177	2.9	14	0
31/03/17		£624	£683	£-60	£40	£286	£222	3.9	15	0
31/03/16		£743	£703	£40	£28	£306	£206	3.5	15	0
31/03/15		£714	£732	£-17	£45	£306	£206	3.4	10	0
31/03/14		£831	£756	£74	£34	£323	£172	2.7	10	0
31/03/13		£873	£944	£-71	£44	£249	£159	2	11	0
31/03/12		£958	£762	£196	£42	£319	£148	2.3	13	0
31/03/11		£854	£925	£-70	£52	£123	£97	1.3	13	0
31/03/10		£846	£903	£-56	£64	£194	£97	1.3	12	0
31/03/09		£900	£912	£-13	£53	£250	£97	1.3	13	0
31/03/08		£810	£875	£-65	£66	£263	£76	1	12	0
31/03/07		£864	£681	£183	£29	£328	£142	2.5	13	0
31/03/06		£694	£566	£129	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£574	£606	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£500	£513	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 6.8

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 39 years

www.applesandsnakes.org

info@applesandsnakes.org

07496 393793

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Fenton Arts Trust - Beneficiaries 2023 – 2024
£5,000	31/03/2024	Future Voices: a development programme for 40 emerging spoken word poets from across England to celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2023.
DCMS - Apples and Snakes National Portfolio Funding 2018-22
£463,372	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Apples and Snakes
£79,000	13/11/2019 36	Libraries Out Loud
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	20/06/2018	Core Funding - Artist Development
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Apples and Snakes Ltd
£86,800	09/09/2015	A living archive for Apples and Snakes and spoken word
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Apples and Snakes
£80,000	02/05/2013	Towards a programme of development opportunities for spoken word artists.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 23-57

AMERAH SALEH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: General Manager

DR HARRY DOMINIC WHITEHEAD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lecturer

MATHEW ROBERT EHSAN DAWSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: It Professional

MICHAEL LORD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Arts Professional

MICHELLE SHARON NORTON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Arts Professional

NANA YAA OHENEWAA ADU Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student

SHAYNA KOWALCZYK Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Civil Servant

YOLANDA FENLON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Student

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/04/1986, number: 294030
Registered at Companies House on 03/03/1986, number: 01994850

Gift Aid

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
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 7 days late, AR18: 15 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

APPLES & SNAKES LTD
ALBANY CENTRE & THEATRE
DOUGLAS WAY
LONDON
SE8 4AG

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY ENCOURAGING AN APPRECATION OF ART AND MUSIC WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO POETRY, IN PARTICULAR BY MAKING SUCH ART AND MUSIC MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. (B) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY RAISING ARTISTIC STANDARDS THROUGH THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS, UNKNOWN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO POETS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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