Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 16
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +16
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

HEART N SOUL 

Heart n Soul is an award-winning creative arts company and charity. We believe in the talents and power of people with learning disabilities, providing opportunities for people to discover, develop and share this power and talent as widely as possible.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 31 years

www.heartnsoul.co.uk

info@heartnsoul.co.uk

02086941632

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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£916£1,070£-155£50£160£1601.8915
31/03/22£1,101£1,092£9£52£314£3143.51020
31/03/21£1,374£1,317£57£48£305£3052.81210
31/03/20£1,365£1,286£79£41£248£2372.21370
31/03/19£1,113£1,078£35£49£169£1681.91070
31/03/18£903£855£47£45£134£1331.9100
31/03/17£754£785£-31£50£86£771.2100
31/03/16£790£847£-57£0£118£1091.690
31/03/15£994£929£65£7£175£1371.8100
31/03/14£887£882£6£5£110£851.280
31/03/13£810£796£14£3£105£781.290
31/03/12£619£619£0£5£90£781.570
31/03/11£616£619£-4£9£90£651.270
31/03/10£611£605£5£8£94£561.170
31/03/09£606£587£19£8£88£541.160
31/03/08*£564£508£56£6£69£531.260
31/03/07?*£444£477£-33£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/06?£496£509£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£440£434£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£498£470£29£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 46%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 9 employees
  • 15 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
DCMS£338,154
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£240,000
Youth Music£169,629
Henry Smith Charity£120,000
True Colours Trust£115,000
John Ellerman Foundation£90,000
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch£75,000
City Bridge Trust£60,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
True Colours Trust - Towards the costs of the organisation’s work with children and young people
£90,000 03/10/2023
Towards the costs of the organisation’s work with children and young people.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Heart 'n Soul
£120,000 18/08/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Taking Part' programme, providing support for people with learning disabilities in the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core Support
£240,000 17/07/2023
Heart n Soul provides opportunities for people with learning disabilities to discover, develop and share their creative talents and power. This grant will provide core costs to underpin Heart n ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Jellyfish Club for young people with learning disabilities
£10,000 18/11/2022
The funding will be used to run creative workshops for young people with learning disabilities. This project aims to provide opportunities for these young people to socialise and reduce isolation ....more
Youth Music - Music is Fun - That's All
£70,000 12/10/2022
Music is Fun - That's All
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£34,000 03/06/2022
Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Heart n Soul
£2,733 23/10/2021
It would help us provide regular creative sessions for young people with learning disabilities, aged 10-25, enabling them to develop skills, gain confidence, socialise and feel part of a community.
True Colours Trust - Towards the organisation’s core costs during its time of Covid19 recovery
£25,000 09/07/2021
Towards the organisation’s core costs during its time of Covid19 recovery.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Heart n Soul
£60,000 08/04/2021
24
£60,000 over two further and final years (2 x £30,000) to continue delivery of the Expandable project, including a contribution to the Project Manager (3hpw) and Project Assistant’s (12 hpw) ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - The grant will be spent on core costs and will underpin the Associate Director salary.
£90,000 25/03/2021
The grant will be spent on core costs and will underpin the Associate Director salary.
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - Heart n' Soul
£75,000 11/02/2021
Awardee of the Foundation's first Award for Civic Arts Organisations given to organisations which have undertaken exceptional civic work during the pandemic.
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund Grant
£5,839 29/01/2021
12
For the purchase of ICT equipment and to support additional staff costs for a further 5 months.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Heart n Soul
£11,153 30/11/2020
The project will deliver creative programmes to young people with learning disabilities who are isolated due to Covid-19. The activities will result in reduced isolation, raised aspirations and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Heart n Soul
£2,627 24/10/2020
Our project consists of 10 inclusive events, bringing together people with and without learning disabilities for shared fun and wellbeing.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£28,250 05/10/2020
"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 London Community Foundation - Grant to Heart n Soul
£9,984 11/09/2020
The funding is for essential equipment and additional, personalised support that will enable more people with learning disabilities to engage with Heart n Soul's activities online, enjoy an enhanced ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Heart n Soul
£3,800 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund musical instruments and digital resources for young people with learning disabilities isolated at home due to Covid-19, this will increase their confidence.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Heart n Soul
£25,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 fast response grant
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£304,904 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
DCMS - The Way I See It: Summer 2020 Children and Young Peoples Creativity in the time of Covid-19
£5,000 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
Youth Music - Keep on Moving
£99,629 08/11/2019
Keep on Moving
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000 14/02/2019
towards developing a visual arts programme for people with learning disabilities
True Colours Trust - Core costs
£100,000 11/01/2019
Core costs
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Heart 'n' Soul
£50,000 12/10/2018
24
Young People’s Programme: high quality creative and cultural activities delivered year-round that nurture the emotional wellbeing of young people with learning disabilities aged 10-25, enabling ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 11/10/2018
Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Taking Part
£352,000 31/05/2018
48
This project is for people with learning difficulties aged ten years and over. It will provide creative activities such as music, dance, drama, digital art, perfume making, cake design, musical ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Heart n Soul
£66,167 17/10/2017
36
This project will work with children and young people with learning disabilities in Deptford through high quality arts and creativity sessions. The activities will reduce isolation, raise aspirations ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Heart n Soul
£250,000 12/09/2017
60
Towards costs for a programme of work that will enable artists with learning disabilities to develop and progress in their careers.
True Colours Trust - Towards Heart 'n Soul's 'Big 30' installations oral histories project
£12,000 02/08/2017
Towards Heart 'n Soul's 'Big 30' installations oral histories project
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Heart n Soul
£90,000 11/05/2017
36
£90,000 over 3 years (3 x £30,000) towards the Expandable project, including the Project Assistant (2.5 dpw) and associated project costs.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Let's Get Together - access, opportunity and recognition for learning disabled people
£198,000 08/05/2017
48
Heart n Soul works across a range of arts practice to support the creative development of learning disabled people and to showcase their talents. This grant will enable the company to deepen ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards salary of General Manager
£90,000 30/03/2017
36
Towards the salary of the General Manager to help them build new creative connections and partnerships, and allow more audiences nationally to experience the talents of people with learning ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Heart 'n Soul
£90,000 08/12/2016
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the 'Training and Taking Part Programme', working with children and adults with learning disabilities across south London
True Colours Trust - Towards projects to mark the organisation's 30th anniversary year.
£10,000 07/11/2016
Towards projects to mark the organisation's 30th anniversary year.
Youth Music - SoundLab: Digital music making opportunities led by young people with learning disabilities - pioneering work supporting independent music making, better understanding of inclusive practice and their voice within the music technology industry.
£99,500 28/10/2016
SoundLab: Digital music making opportunities led by young people with learning disabilities - pioneering work supporting independent music making, better understanding of inclusive practice and their ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Heart n Soul
£85,100 03/08/2016
The Big 30: an oral histories project in Deptford with people with learning disabilities
True Colours Trust - Core costs
£100,000 16/10/2015
Core costs
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£1,000 12/10/2015
Youth arts programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Heart n Soul: Taking Part
£271,877 07/05/2015
36
This project aims to transform the lives of people with learning disabilities (LD) living in Lewisham in London, enabling them to discover their creativity and to grow self-confidence, ambition and ....more
Nesta - ACE0307
£119,938 26/03/2014
Digital R&D Fund programme grant to Heart N Soul Grant Ref ACE0307
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Heart n Soul
£154,728 31/10/2013
Towards core and programme costs to develop digital opportunities for inclusive arts practice and further opportunities for learning disabled artists.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Heart 'n Soul
£90,000 28/10/2013
36
towards three years' continuation funding towards the running costs of a National creative arts project for people with learning disabilities
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Heart n Soul
£41,000 29/07/2013
The charity, based in Deptford, works to support people with learning disabilities by engaging them in arts and theatre. The funding will allow the charity to increase the support for their service ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Allsorts
£75,000 04/02/2013
A pioneering three-year programme of participatory creative events reaching adults with learning disabilities, adaptable to the new personalised budget model for social care.
National Lottery Community Fund - Heart n Soul:Taking Part
£114,793 14/03/2012
36
This project aims to improve the mental wellbeing and social integration of people aged 10-65 with learning disabilities by developing their creative skills and volunteering opportunities to promote ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Heart n Soul
£83,961 11/12/2008
36
Towards Core costs Towards the salary of the communications officer.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-66
  • KATE LINSKY (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Self Employed Local Government Consultant
  • LILLY COOK Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Freelancer
  • SIMON PLATZ Appointed: 1993, Occupation: Music Publisher
  • SHALIM ALI Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Freelancer
  • SUE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Disability Services Coordinator
  • TIMOTHY ADNITT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director Of Products - Native Instruments
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/07/1993, number: 1023467
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/06/1993, number: 02830733
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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; AR08: 5 days late, AR07: 63 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

THE ALBANY
ALBANY CENTRE & THEATRE
DOUGLAS WAY
LONDON
SE8 4AG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS WITH SPECIFIC BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO THE DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL ARTS.TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING THEM WITH A WIDE RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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