Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

THE ASPEX VISUAL ARTS TRUST LIMITED 

Art gallery and educational charity
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 32 years

www.aspex.org.uk

info@aspex.org.uk

02392778080

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£325£384£-59n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£364£372£-8n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£351£358£-7n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/20*£320£362£-42n/an/an/an/an/a26
31/03/19£324£364£-40n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/18£280£316£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£468£298£171£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£318£352£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£281£328£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£260£399£-139£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£302£470£-168£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£504£513£-10£61£917£811.9110
31/03/11£634£574£60£82£927£541.170
31/03/10£491£451£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£457£557£-100£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£513£546£-34£68£970£60.1110
31/03/07£1,127£414£713£25£1,000£0n/a110
31/03/06£453£267£186£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£274£198£77£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£186£180£6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Portsmouth City,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£122,940
The Rayne Foundation£13,700
Charles Hayward Foundation£4,000
Co-Operative Group£2,649
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Aspex
£2,649 23/10/2021
We would support people with dementia and their carers by providing a weekly arts group, enabling people to come together, share experiences and learn new skills, while doing something they love.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Aspex Visual Arts Trust
£4,000 08/06/2021
Generate project for people with dementia and their carers
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,760 28/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Aspex Visual Arts Trust
£13,700 03/08/2020
12
Towards the extension of a programme of visual arts workshops for people with dementia and a carers support group.
DCMS - NPO 2018-2022
£114,180 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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Welcome
£4,960 03/07/2018
12
This project will support the integration of refugees and asylum seekers into the wider community
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Saturdays
£10,000 20/04/2018
12
The project will develop an existing drop-in project which provides free arts and cultural activities to local families by taking its Mobile Learning Studio out into communities affected by ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Aspex Visual Arts Trust
£29,900 08/06/2017
36
Towards a programme of visual arts workshops for people with dementia and a carers support group.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Aspex Visual Arts Trust
£49,074 02/09/2015
12
Towards a programme to embed access and inclusion within a consortium of three arts organisations in Portsmouth.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Aspex Visual Arts Trust
£38,000 30/03/2015
Futurators - People of Portsmouth
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-70
  • DENISE BARLOW Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Business Training Provider
  • DR DAWN LANGLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Independent Researcher & Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/01/1992, number: 1007620
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/12/1991, number: 02674597
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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; AR20: 4 days late, AR12: 2 days late,
Main office

THE VULCAN BUILDING
GUNWHARF QUAYS
PORTSMOUTH
PO1 3BF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE,MAINTAIN,IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE VISUAL ARTS AND THE PROVISION OF STUDIOS AND OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY MAY BE PRACTISED AND WHERE ART AND ARTEFACTS MAY BE CREATED OR EXHIBITED WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS IN HAMPSHIRE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HAMPSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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