Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 7

GATESHEAD VISIBLE ETHNIC MINORITIES SUPPORT GROUP

Our charity aims to undertake activities which help individuals and groups to understand and learn about different cultures and to support them in their efforts to overcome ignorance, language barriers, disadvantage, prejudice and racism. We undertake a variety of activities and events to fulfull our vision of creating a multi-cultural all-inclusive community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

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

Established: 32 years

www.gemarts.org

vikas@gemarts.org

+44 191 4404124

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£306	£284	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/22		£288	£204	£84	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/21		£228	£125	£103	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/20		£281	£255	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/19		£242	£253	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/18		£372	£259	£113	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£295	£265	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£261	£211	£50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£252	£226	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£270	£230	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£161	£157	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£138	£151	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£179	£155	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£188	£188	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£327	£319	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£348	£353	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£155	£146	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£152	£152	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£127	£103	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£76	£43	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 volunteers

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

Youth Music	£149,990
Lankelly Chase Foundation	£33,878
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd	£24,800
Sport England	£3,950

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to GemArts Ltd
£33,878	20/01/2022	GemArts Ltd
Sport England - TGC CF Together We Move
£3,950	20/01/2021 11	This project will deliver weekly sessions of dance, movement exercise sessions for Black minority ethnic women and girls aged 16+.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Food preparation and delivery and the provision of arts and crafts packs for the BAME community in Gateshead: Covid-19 response
£9,900	03/07/2020	Food preparation and delivery and the provision of arts and crafts packs for the BAME community in Gateshead: Covid-19 response
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - food preparation and delivery and the provision of arts and crafts packs for the BAME community in Gateshead: Covid-19 response
£9,900	03/07/2020	food preparation and delivery and the provision of arts and crafts packs for the BAME community in Gateshead: Covid-19 response
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Creative art workshops to raise awareness of Hate/Mate crime.
£5,000	21/02/2020	Creative art workshops to raise awareness of Hate/Mate crime.
Youth Music - East by North East 4
£149,990	15/11/2019	East by North East 4
Youth Music - East by North East 3
£149,930	10/11/2017	East by North East 3
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - We All Stand Together: Anti hate crime workshops & event
£5,000	27/10/2017	We All Stand Together: Anti hate crime workshops & event
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Gateshead Visible Ethnic Minorities Support Group
£10,000	18/11/2016	Towards Gateshead Visible Ethnic Minorities Support Group
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Gateshead Visible Ethnic Minorities Support Group
£18,000	29/05/2014	GemArts specialises in working with disadvantaged and marginalised BME, asylum seeker and refugee communities who face barriers on many levels, including personal, family, community and wider social ....more GemArts specialises in working with disadvantaged and marginalised BME, asylum seeker and refugee communities who face barriers on many levels, including personal, family, community and wider social and institutional contexts, and are at risk of isolation
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to GemArts
£45,000	23/10/2008 36	Towards Core costs Towards extending existing projects that use community arts to support social inclusion and to develop new ones while generating further income.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

ASHOK KUMAR KUMAR (Chair), Other trusteeship: GATESHEAD INTERFAITH FORUM,

ATMA SINGH GILL MBE

ALA MIAH Appointed: 2022

ANGELA GILL Appointed: 2021

BIRINDER SINGH BRAR Appointed: 2017

MICHAEL HARTE Appointed: 2012

MANJIT SINGH DHINDSA Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/02/1992, number: 1008100

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
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; AR16: 1 days late, AR08: 1 days late,

Main office

2 Festival Park Drive
Gateshead
NE11 9TT

Objectives

(A) TO RELIEVE THE INHABITANTS OF THE GATESHEAD AREA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, PARTICULARLY SUCH OF THEM THAT BELONG TO ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS AND WHO ARE RESIDENT OR LIVING THEREIN BY THE PROVISION FOR SUCH PERSONS OF (1) AN ADVICE AND INFORMATION SUPPORT SERVICE DEALING WITH SUCH MATTERS AS WELFARE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND LEGAL AND OTHER PROBLEMS (INCLUDING THOSE ENCOUNTERED AS A RESULT OF INADEQUATE COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE) (2) FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND CULTURAL TRAINING (3) FACILITIES TO PROMOTE THEIR HEALTH (B) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH INHABITANTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE (C) TO PROMOTE GOOD RACE RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS GENERALLY AND ALL OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE GATESHEAD AREA

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