Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

    ART SHAPE LIMITED 

    Art Shape works with individuals, communities and organisations to combat exclusion from the arts, with particular focus on working with adults facing disabling barriers such as physical disability, learning difficulties, mental health service users and survivors and those experiencing the difficulties associated with ageing.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • 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
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
    Established: 31 years

    www.artshape.co.uk

    info@artshape.co.uk

    01452863855

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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£749£653£95£0£405£3656.7340
    31/03/22£653£630£23£85£309£140.33421
    31/03/21£787£708£79£10£286£110.2343
    31/03/20£376£356£19n/an/an/an/an/a32
    31/03/19£331£331£0n/an/an/an/an/a25
    31/03/18£245£234£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£263£262£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£252£239£13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£280£263£17£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£250£251£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£195£196£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£208£201£8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£192£216£-24£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10*£232£255£-22£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09*£211£235£-23£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08*£258£241£17£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07*£236£243£-6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£211£214£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£267£199£68£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£255£229£26£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 46%
    Liabilities/Income: 46%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
    Reserves/Spending: 6.7 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.7
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Disability
    • Education/Training
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Gloucestershire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 34 employees

    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
    Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
    £8,880 11/05/2021
    Involve disabled people in the arts
    Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
    £6,000 16/06/2020
    Creative activities for vulnerable people
    National Lottery Community Fund - Mas for More
    £9,360 22/04/2020
    7
    The organisation will work in partnership with disability groups to ensure that people with disabilities can access and take part in carnivals across Gloucestershire providing inclusive and ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £5,000 25/07/2018
    Art Shape Ltd
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Art Shape Limited
    £16,500 31/07/2012
    the salary of the Project Manager for the Reminiscence Project working with people with learning disabilities through the arts

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (11)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 9/11 persons

    Age Range of Trustees: 44-74
    • ANDREW CARTER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Business And It Consultant
    • DAVID FINCH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
    • PAT ROBERTS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Freelance Arts Administrator
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/08/1993, number: 1023920
    • Registered at Companies House on 23/03/1992, number: 02699644
    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
    • 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; AR10: 220 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR08: 13 days late, AR07: 29 days late,
    Main office

    Atcost Barn
    Brockworth Court Farm
    Court Road
    Brockworth
    Gloucester

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE IN THE ARTS GENERALLY AND MORE PARTICULARLY BY WAY OF EXAMPLE ONLY AND NOT LIMITATION, THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MIME, DANCE, SINGING, MUSIC, POETRY, LITERATURE, GRAPHIC ART, SCULPTURE, CRAFTS AND DESIGN AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    GLOUCESTERSHIRE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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