Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

DARTS,DONCASTER COMMUNITY ARTS 

Through active participation in a huge range of different art forms, darts enables local people, groups and organisations to build their ability, confidence and skills, assisting them to play a crucial role in the cultural, social and economic regeneration of their communities.
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 including the Government
  • 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:

  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 28 years

www.wearedarts.org.uk

hello@wearedarts.org.uk

01302341662

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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£804£855£-51£55£762£76110.71618
31/03/22£802£833£-31£44£813£77011.12327
31/03/21£758£758£0£49£844£81012.82613
31/03/20£1,084£1,085£-1£70£844£8189.12832
31/03/19£1,056£1,033£23£78£844£8119.420111
31/03/18£993£964£29£64£822£6377.9190
31/03/17£924£1,020£-96£57£792£6077.1250
31/03/16£1,425£1,580£-154£64£889£6815.2300
31/03/15£1,408£1,625£-217£77£982£6404.7310
31/03/14£1,901£1,230£670£76£1,199£5585.4260
31/03/13£881£710£171£63£529£4657.9210
31/03/12£579£666£-87£13£358£3476.3200
31/03/11£800£1,871£-1,071£13£445£3922.5200
31/03/10£702£893£-191£17£1,516£1,51020.3250
31/03/09£932£895£37£15£1,707£6678.9240
31/03/08£991£844£147£15£1,670£4416.3220
31/03/07£936£793£143£13£1,523£3254.9230
31/03/06*£769£821£-52£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£742£810£-69£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£901£889£12£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 54%
Liabilities/Income: 110%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 10.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 16 employees
  • 18 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£208,990
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£203,000
DCMS£133,289
Youth Music£99,750
Masonic Trust£70,702
Garfield Weston Foundation£11,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Art Explorers
£9,920 07/10/2022
This funding will be used to support children aged 5-19 and their families in Doncaster by helping them become Art Explorers and take part in a yearlong programme of weekly activities to develop ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Directions Phase 2
£199,070 24/03/2022
The funding will continue to provide a wide range of weekly creative activities in Doncaster and Edlington such as drama poetry song writing and visual arts. The aim is to help people with ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 29/10/2021
Weston Charity Awards 2020/21 Bonus Award
Youth Music - All Aboard: Music
£99,750 27/05/2021
All Aboard: Music
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Creative Classrooms
£203,000 13/07/2020
darts will develop its Creative Classrooms drama-based approach in four Doncaster schools. Using narrative, drama techniques and a relatable cast of characters to explore stories, the project aims to ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 12/06/2020
Weston Charity Awards 2020/21
DCMS - darts (Doncaster Community Arts) NPO Application
£133,289 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
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£70,702 07/10/2019
Grant to fund Singing for Memory sessions for older people with dementia and their carers providing a space for beneficiaries to have fund, sing familiar songs and meet people.
Spirit of 2012 - Creative Directions
£184,952 01/11/2018
Rousing folk music will offer local opportunities to devise songs and compositions to celebrate Doncaster's rural communities. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and ....more
The Bromley Trust - Restricted to the New Perspectives Programme
£10,000 01/02/2018
12
Doncaster Community Arts uses art to fuel change for individuals and communities.This is a one year grant restricted to their New Perspectives Programme, a creative arts project with residents in ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to darts (Doncaster Community Arts)
£25,700 11/10/2017
Doncaster's Cycling Stories
The Bromley Trust - Restricted grant towards the New Perspectives Programme
£10,000 07/06/2017
12
Doncaster Community Arts uses art to fuel change for individuals and communities.This is a one year grant restricted to their New Perspectives Programme, a creative arts project with residents in ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Darts Doncaster Community Arts
£84,351 09/02/2017
36
All Aboard! project provides creative opportunities for children with profound and severe disabilities at after-school and holiday sessions. Positive activities will aim to improve communication and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Directions
£279,623 09/02/2017
60
The project will provide adults with mental health issues, weekly activities to ensure they are supported as early as possible - offering activities to reduce isolation, increase confidence and ....more
Youth Music - We Speak Music
£92,330 28/10/2016
We Speak Music
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Spark
£50,500 11/04/2016
24
darts wishes to test whether creative techniques, which were developed through its work in primary PRUs, can be applied in mainstream settings to benefit pupils at risk of exclusion. Two ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Darts (Doncaster Community Arts)
£30,000 28/02/2013
This arts charity will continue its work on the Cathedral estate in Wheatley to help to bring the community together through creative activities.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-61
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/07/1996, number: 1056799
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/02/1996, number: 03166208
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
  • 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
  • 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; AR06: 0 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

The Point
16 South Parade
DONCASTER
South Yorkshire
DN1 2DR

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY AMONGST THOSE WHO ARE, OR WHO ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING, EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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