Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 11

Low unrestricted reserves: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 18

CREATIVE ARTS EAST

The principal activities of the company are the promoting, maintaining, improving and advancing of education within the community at large and in particular in the rural areas of the County of Norfolk, by promotion, production, performance and encouragement of the arts.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Established: 30 years

www.creativeartseast.co.uk

info@creativeartseast.co.uk

01953713390

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£597	£600	£-2	£0	£76	£76	1.5	15	250
31/03/22	£482	£486	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	310
31/03/21	£429	£430	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	250
31/03/20	£550	£549	£1	£0	£83	£83	1.8	12	250
31/03/19	£495	£494	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	600
31/03/18	£449	£449	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£573	£573	£1	£40	£81	£72	1.5	10	0
31/03/16	£441	£441	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£437	£436	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£385	£384	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£310	£313	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£339	£347	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£521	£518	£3	£45	£89	£89	2.1	5	0
31/03/10	£330	£362	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£426	£356	£70	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£413	£410	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£436	£438	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£472	£444	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£430	£439	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£379	£414	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 80%
Liabilities/Income: 50%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

15 employees
250 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

Spirit of 2012	£199,928
Youth Music	£120,283
The Earl of Northampton's Charity	£100,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£7,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Youth Music - Move/Shake
£99,983	17/02/2022	Move/Shake
Youth Music - Beating a Path
£20,300	02/07/2020	Beating a Path
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Creative Arts East
£7,500	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Spirit of 2012 - Our Day Out Extended Impact
£199,928	12/07/2019	Fortnightly dementia-friendly arts sessions for older people and their carers in 8 locations in Norfolk. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed ....more Fortnightly dementia-friendly arts sessions for older people and their carers in 8 locations in Norfolk. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
The Earl of Northampton's Charity - Grant to Creative Arts East
£100,000	26/06/2019 36	Improving the wellbeing of older people through creative participation
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Day Out- West Norfolk
£79,436	28/02/2019 36	The project will use funding to engage members of the community who face geographical, physical or other barriers to participate in the cultural life of their area, using high quality arts ....more The project will use funding to engage members of the community who face geographical, physical or other barriers to participate in the cultural life of their area, using high quality arts experiences to transform, educate and inspire.
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£10,000	20/12/2018	Consulting with young people in three residential areas, looking at loneliness and how they can feel more empowered to use and own identified spaces
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Creative Arts East
£50,000	12/06/2017 36	Towards staffing and programme costs for strategic projects to increase the diversity of volunteer promoter networks and audiences for rural touring in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Youth Music - Create, Encourage, Promote Music 3
£101,229	05/05/2017	Create, Encourage, Promote Music 4
Spirit of 2012 - Our Day Out
£231,110	06/07/2016	Dementia friendly creative arts activity in rural Norfolk improving wellbeing and reduce isolation. Arts activity includes dance, music and poetry, Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to ....more Dementia friendly creative arts activity in rural Norfolk improving wellbeing and reduce isolation. Arts activity includes dance, music and poetry, Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Creative Arts East
£30,000	06/11/2012	Towards core costs to develop its touring networks to new and more diverse local venues in rural Norfolk and Suffolk.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-84

ELIZABETH HELEN SOMERVILLE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Manager

JAMES LIAM MCDERMOTT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Writer

LYNNE SIMPKIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Recruitment And Outreach Manager, Uea

MAX OWEN EDWARDS Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Marketing

PATRICIA RUTH HOLTOM Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Retired

THOMAS DUNSTON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Aca Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/08/1994, number: 1040321
Registered at Companies House on 18/08/1994, number: 02960157

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; all on time

Main office

DRAGON HALL
115-123 KING STREET
NORWICH
NR1 1QE

Objectives

The charity is established for the purposes of promoting, maintaining, improving, and advancing education within the community at large and particularly in rural areas by the promotion, production, performance, and encouragement of the arts, that is to say: the performing, visual, media, plastic, digital, and/or written arts.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE-NORFOLK

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