Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 9
    • 12+ Trustees: -1
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +9

    BOW ARTS TRUST 

    Bow Arts provides over 400 artists with affordable, secure and creative workspace across east London. It manages an exciting London-wide education programme, improving the lives and attainment of thousands of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Bow Arts also runs a contemporary exhibition space - the Nunnery Gallery - and a varied events and community engagement programme.
    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

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
    Established: 29 years

    www.bowarts.org

    finance@bowarts.com

    02089807774

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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£3,189£2,601£588£0£3,260£2,96713.7263
    31/03/22£2,779£2,137£641£0£2,672£2,47113.921135
    31/03/21£2,117£1,738£380£23£2,075£1,84912.8217
    31/03/20£2,375£2,504£-129£560£1,651£1,4927.12260
    31/03/19£3,421£3,316£105£1,289£1,780£1,660621150
    31/03/18£2,309£2,223£86£0£1,675£1,6268.8200
    31/03/17£1,975£1,775£200£0£1,589£1,55210.5190
    31/03/16£1,844£1,558£286£0£1,389£1,29510160
    31/03/15£1,751£1,405£346£72£1,103£1,0098.6140
    31/03/14£1,830£1,734£96£68£801£8015.5140
    31/03/13£1,572£1,342£231£63£705£7056.3120
    31/03/12*£1,248£1,068£180£53£474£4435110
    31/03/11£1,077£1,010£66£18£295£2743.3100
    31/03/10£829£762£67£11£228£2123.3100
    31/03/09£685£646£40£14£161£1552.970
    31/03/08£495£529£-34£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07*£465£448£17£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06*£362£429£-67£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£412£420£-7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£416£353£64£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
    Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 42%
    Liabilities/Income: 74%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
    Reserves/Spending: 13.7 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
    Quick Ratio: 1.5
    Asset Split ?
    What it does
    • Accommodation/Housing
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    Who works here?
    • 26 employees
    • 3 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • The General Public/Mankind
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Throughout London,

    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
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation£418,000
    DCMS£396,109
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£9,100
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Bow Arts: Equitable arts-based learning for children and young people
    £268,000 17/07/2023
    Bow Arts creates opportunities to work, learn and enjoy affordable, lifelong access to the visual arts. This grant will support the Bow Arts Learning team to continue to build their core learning ....more
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Social Justice and creative arts learning in schools
    £130,000 17/05/2021
    Bow Arts is a leading arts education charity, creative workspace provider and home to the Nunnery Gallery. This grant supports Bow Arts to work in partnership with ten London schools and a group of ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bow Arts Trust
    £9,100 07/09/2020
    COVID19: Bow Arts
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
    £20,000 28/04/2020
    3
    Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
    DCMS - National Portfolio Organisations 2018-2022
    £51,215 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 - Bow Arts CRF Support
    £344,894 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bow Arts Trust
    £47,600 01/08/2018
    Raw Materials: Plastics; uncovering and exploring the industrial heritage of the River Lea Valley
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bow Arts Trust
    £34,100 04/07/2017
    Raw Materials: Textiles; exploring the industrial heritage of the River Lea Valley
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Bow Arts Education - Consortium Programme
    £238,000 08/05/2017
    36
    Bow Arts will expand their schools consortium model, which addresses the need for creative school improvement by combining needs-led school interventions and continuous professional development for ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bow Arts Trust
    £33,900 25/04/2016
    Raw Materials: Wood - Exploring the heritage of the River Lea Valley
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (14)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 12/14 persons

    Age Range of Trustees: 36-78
    • CLAIRE SWIFT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director Of Social Responsibility
    • RAJEN MADAN Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Management Consultant
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/06/1995, number: 1046958
    • Registered at Companies House on 10/03/1995, number: 03031923
    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
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR12: 1 days late, AR07: 213 days late, AR06: 43 days late,
    Main office

    183 BOW ROAD
    LONDON
    E3 2SJ

    Objectives

    (I) the provision and maintenance of an art gallery or art space for exhibition to the public of modern and fine art, design and applied art and of work done by students and emerging artists;(II) the promotion and encouragement of the education of the public in the arts, through an art gallery or art galleries, art spaces and elsewhere;(III) the education of children, students and teaching staff in the arts in schools and other educational establishments; and(IV) the relief of poverty amongst emerging artists by the provision of studio space in which they may create art and by the provision of residential accommodation for emerging artists and their partners and/or dependents.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
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