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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

DORCHESTER ARTS

Arts Centre
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
31/03/24£458£472£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£412£460£-48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£339£238£101n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£205£133£72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£332£399£-67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£318£281£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£303£307£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£243£233£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£254£247£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£201£182£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£212£245£-33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£187£157£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£158£161£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£123£121£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£126£126£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£117£117£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£126£152£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£148£145£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£220£220£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£122£126£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 32 years

www.dorchesterarts.org.uk

enquiries@dorchesterarts.org.uk

01305266926

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dorset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£52,710
Youth Music£25,717
Dorset Community Foundation£9,964
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Dorset Community Foundation - Dorset Songlines
£9,964 07/05/2021
To fund Songlines project, creating new songs inspired by the Natural Dorset collection Dorset Museum, and delivering community performances with multiple community participants, through engaging local schools, community choirs and others
DCMS - Dorchester Arts Recovery
£52,710 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Youth Music - Inclusive Sounds
£25,717 06/03/2020
Inclusive Sounds
National Lottery Community Fund - Sound Out Community Project
£9,999 25/01/2019
12
The funding will be used to provide music workshops for young people. The project aims to improve skills and mentoring opportunities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-76
  • ALEXANDRA EMILY CONSTABLE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Artist
  • AMANDA LOUISE WAKEMAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Teacher
  • ANNABEL EIGELAND Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • HANNA TREVORROW Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Teacher
  • HELEN HUTCHINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • MICHAEL DAVID WILLDRIDGE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Artist
  • TOBY SAM FRERE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director At Seventh Seal Ltd
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/12/1992, number: 1015546
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/10/1992, number: 02752793
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • 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; AR21: 240 days late, AR14: 40 days late, AR07: 22 days late, AR06: 21 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE MALTINGS ARTS on 15/04/2021
  • Asset transfer in from SHERBORNE ARTS LINK LTD on 17/03/2022
  • Asset transfer in from SOLO TRUST on 14/03/2024
Main office

The Corn Exchange
High East St
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1HF

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA BALLET MUSIC SINGING LITERATURE SCULPTURE PAINTING PHOTOGRAPHY AND CINEMATOGRAPHY IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET 2) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES TO OTHER BODIES IN THE AREA OF OPERATION OF THE COMPANY FOR THE HOLDING OF EXHIBITIONS MEETINGS LECTURES CLASSES SEMINARS AND TRAINING COURSES WHICH FURTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE THE COUNTY OF DORSET

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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