Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

CAROUSEL PROJECT

Carousel inspires people with learning disabilities to achieve their artistic ambitions.At Carousel we strive at all times for artistic excellence, ensuring high quality activities, working in genuine collaboration with others and challenging perceptions of what art is and who can create it.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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:

  • 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
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£407£391£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£359£356£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£438£363£75n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£429£442£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£447£433£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£479£523£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£521£527£-6£24£91£872110
31/03/16£476£475£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£420£404£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£399£394£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£425£417£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£336£331£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£280£277£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£266£268£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£265£260£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£237£236£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£227£228£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£238£241£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£256£256£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£193£190£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 37 years

www.carousel.org.uk

enquiries@carousel.org.uk

01273234734

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young 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
DCMS£201,122
Youth Music£107,857
Sussex Community Foundation£4,990
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£1,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - Carousel Talent Search
£24,829 25/04/2024
Carousel Talent Search
Youth Music - Carousel Young Musicians 2023
£25,902 02/06/2023
Carousel Young Musicians 2023
Youth Music - Carousel; Explore, Develop, Create and Connect
£27,148 07/03/2022
Carousel; Explore, Develop, Create and Connect
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Carousel Project - 23/09/21
£1,500 12/10/2021
DIY Oska Bright
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Carousel
£4,990 18/11/2020
9
Funding was provided for four pilot episodes on Carousel TV sharing disabled people’s skills, talents, humour and creativity on popular accessible platforms.
DCMS - Carousel Project
£201,122 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
Youth Music - Carousel Music 2020
£29,978 06/03/2020
Carousel Music 2020
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carousel – Young Oska Bright Film Festival
£5,804 15/11/2019
We want to invest in the next generation of learning disabled film makers, with training workshops, screenings of their work, and awards.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Carousel Project
£6,700 07/12/2018
purchase of AV equipment and computer for a charity which works with people with disabilities in Brighton
Youth Music - Young Carousel Music
£29,899 28/06/2018
Young Carousel Music
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Carousel
£4,825 16/03/2018
11
Carousel, an award-winning charity, supports learning disabled adults and children to engage with the arts and to achieve their artistic ambitions. Funding was provided to support the costs involved in delivering workshops, developing access, ....more
Youth Music - Carousel Music Programme
£28,198 07/07/2017
Carousel Music Programme
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Carousel
£28,800 16/05/2017
Silver Screen
National Lottery Community Fund - Help for adults with learning disabilities to take part in group activ
£9,951 01/03/2017
12
Musical and technology equipment will be purchased so the group can expand the services they provide. This will help to provide musical skills sessions for people with learning disabilities.
Youth Music - Carousel Music
£29,510 21/04/2016
Carousel Music
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Carousel Project
£90,000 21/01/2015
36
Towards the Oska Bright producer post, to develop programmes and engage new audiences.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Carousel
£5,000 12/09/2013
towards one year's running costs of a singing project in Brighton for young people and adults with learning disabilities
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-59
  • ALEKSANDRA DIMITRIJEVIC Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Film Festival Producer
  • CLAIRE LOUISE OFFLEY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: None
  • DANIELLE GARRATT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Project Worker
  • JULIE MARIE ROSSITER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • KIRSTY ANN PENTECOST (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Unemployed
  • RAISA HASSAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Unemployed
  • RICHARD CHRISTOPHER WARREN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Event Producer
  • ROBERT WILLIAM JOHN POWELL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Shop Assistant
  • SARAH KATE WATSON Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Film Maker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/07/1987, number: 297201
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/06/1987, number: 02137755
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Carousel
Community Base
113 Queens Road
Brighton
BN1 3XG

Objectives

TO RELIEVE AND FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED OR WHO SUFFER FROM MENTAL DISORDERS OR BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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