Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1

BRIDGWATER ARTS CENTRE COMPANY LIMITED 

To provide a vibrant, creative, accessible facility for the people of Somerset facilitating inspirational, creative learning and growth. The inhouse programme of dance, theatre, film, music, literature and visual arts integrates with a lifelong learning and education programme which results in improving people's health, sence of well being and pride in the heritage and culture of the community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation
  • 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
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
Established: 31 years
(38 years as a company)

www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk

info@bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk

01278422700

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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£83£99£-16n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/22£83£82£0n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/21£67£33£34n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/20£74£55£19n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£141£156£-15n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/18£181£193£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£211£254£-42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£238£201£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£107£121£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£115£115£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£90£83£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£272£265£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£304£258£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£289£281£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£254£258£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£266£276£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£246£277£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£262£238£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£254£223£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£163£169£-5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 60 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Somerset,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Somerset Community Foundation - Creative Somerset Partnership Development - Creative Wellbeing Project
£4,000 26/09/2017
6
Creative wellbeing project to support people in recovery
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bridgwater Arts Centre
£26,800 09/11/2016
CIAM6 Revisited; When eighty world leading design thinkers debated urban futures in Bridgwater, 1947

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-74
  • JOHN COLE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/03/1993, number: 1018468
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/08/1985, number: 01937096
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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; AR17: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR10: 16 days late, AR09: 5 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 45 days late, AR05: 262 days late, AR04: 200 days late,
Main office

BRIDGWATER ARTS CENTRE
11-13 CASTLE STREET
BRIDGWATER
TA6 3DD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA BALLET MUSIC SINGING LITERATURE SCUPTURE AND PAINTING

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE BRIDGWATER AND DISTICT OF SEDGEMOOR

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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