Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

ARK - T CENTRE 

The Ark T Centre is a creative arts project with a recording studio for young musicians, rehearsal space for theatre and dance, a performance and concert area, art exhibition and studio spaces, a children's play-space and a cafe. It believes that creativity through the arts can allow people to discover new things about themselves and others and so unlock the potential for change.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 24 years

www.ark-t.org

mail@ark-t.org

01865772095

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
31/12/22£375£434£-59n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/12/21£459£544£-84n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/12/20£435£351£85n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/12/19£362£297£65n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/12/18*£314£290£25£0£0£0n/a04
31/12/17£230£203£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£79£109£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£109£101£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£122£104£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£109£114£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£126£124£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£113£156£-43£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£141£102£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£92£100£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£102£96£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£99£103£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£112£105£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£109£129£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£120£128£-8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 35 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,

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
BBC Children in Need£121,310
Oxfordshire Community Foundation£33,021
Lloyds Bank Foundation£23,250
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
DCMS£11,994
National Lottery Community Fund£9,979
Youth Music£9,869
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£3,446 30/12/2022
Covid response
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Ark T Centre
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 23/09/2022
Preserve our space for the future
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Ark T Centre
£600 05/11/2021
Grant to Ark T Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - Diverse resilient and stronger families in OX4
£9,979 08/10/2021
This funding will be used to support a community affected by Covid by continuing to offer food and support and continue to reach over 500 families a week and to launch a new youth project to improve ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - ROARSOMES: COVID SUPPORT
£1,260 23/02/2021
Online sessions supporting a group of 7 disabled adults to produce a creative response to the lockdown and its impact on disabled people.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Blueprint
£10,000 27/01/2021
2
We would use the combined skills of music artists (rappers) and youth workers experienced in exploitation to explore the key issues related to the themes of consent, and healthy relationships.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ark T Centre
£118,374 19/12/2020
This project will provide arts and creative workshops for children and young people living in families on low incomes. Children and young people will improve their mental health, be confident in ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Ark-T Food Poverty Relief
£3,001 24/11/2020
13
Ark-T have established a high impact food poverty partnership with both Waste2Taste and Oxford COmmunity Action since the start pf the pandemic. Ensure that those most adversely impacted by the ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,080 30/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Ark T Centre
£6,000 23/07/2020
Grant to Ark T Centre meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - OX4 Free Food Crew
£9,080 13/07/2020
2
Food provision to families in need in the OX4 area.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ark T Centre
£2,936 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund staff training, IT software and resource packs for disadvantaged children and young people affected by family breakdown and isolated at home due to Covid-19. Young ....more
CAF - Grant to The Ark-T Centre
£3,000 02/06/2020
3
Grant to The Ark-T Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,914 29/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Youth Music - Coronavirus - Emergency Fund
£9,869 21/05/2020
Coronavirus - Emergency Fund - Organisational sustainability
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - COVID-19 OX4 Free Food Crew: A Partnership between Ark-T, Waste2Taste and Flo's
£9,080 14/04/2020
2
Food distribution - Ark-T had opened up a community larder in partnership with SOFEA and Oxford Together to ensure that those who were struggling to get food as a result of stockpiling could access ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Ark T Centre
£15,000 04/12/2019
18
The grant is towards undertaking an 18 month in-depth impact measurement project of their adult mental health services and co-creating a theory of change.
Oxford City Council - Grant awarded to Ark T Centre
£10,000 21/12/2018
Funding awarded towards their core costs
Oxford City Council - Grant awarded to Ark T Centre
£3,900 21/12/2018
Funding was awarded for their Song Project targeting older people living in South Oxford in socially isolated situations.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Self-care retreats and HerSpace for teenage girls
£5,000 20/11/2018
7
Ark-T has been piloting a 'self-care retreat for teenage girls' over the past year. Each retreat has been oversubscribed; we need further staffing to run these retreats with further capacity during ....more
Youth Music - Music Against Prejudice (MAP)
£98,662 16/11/2018
Music Against Prejudice (MAP)
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - The Martha Fernback Legacy Project: Inspiring, Supporting, Transforming the Lives of Teenage Girls in Oxford
£4,950 15/10/2018
12
Grant to Ark T Centre
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Diversifying Income:The future Resilience of Ark T
£50,000 10/10/2018
A creative learning charity, specialising in creative interventions, events and public art which have strong personal and social impact. Work has 3 core objectives for the people who use our service: ....more
The Funding Network - ROAR
£4,919 17/05/2018
The Ark T Centre harnesses the powers of Creativity and Human Connection to change lives, and the world. We design specialist arts interventions that respond to complex social problems.
Wates Foundation - The Ark T Centre 2018
£9,976 15/05/2018
To deliver 8 creative design workshops to make Peace Garden.
Oxford City Council - Grant awarded to Ark T Centre
£3,900 19/04/2018
Funding was awarded for their Song Project targeting older people living in South Oxford in socially isolated situations.
Oxford City Council - Grant to Ark T Centre
£7,000 25/03/2018
Funding was awarded to run workshop targeting young people from the LGBTQ community in Oxford
Oxford City Council - Grant awarded to Ark T Centre
£5,000 13/02/2018
Funding awarded towards their core costs
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Core Costs for the Centre
£8,000 29/01/2018
6
Salary costs of the director so she is able to work strategically on the step change fund.
Youth Music - My Normal: Music Against Prejudice (MAP)
£29,846 17/11/2017
My Normal: Music Against Prejudice (MAP)
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ark T Centre
£98,841 17/10/2017
36
This project will provide after-school workshops and creativity camps during school holidays to looked after children and young people and those experiencing complex issues. Young people will improve ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - ROAR Too - Disability Youth Festival in Oxfordshire
£4,750 17/05/2017
12
This project will deliver a community festival to celebrate the creative projects of disabled children and young people and engage both physical and learning disabled, families and the wider ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Young Oxford Creatives
£5,000 08/05/2017
12
Support the Young Oxford Creatives to form and establish themselves with the specific aim of designing, leading and evaluating ROAR, the first youth arts disability festival held in Oxford
Oxford City Council - Grant to Ark T Centre
£4,470 09/02/2017
Funding was awarded to work with 12 young people from across the city who are living in hostels, temporary accommidation and those leaving care.
Oxford City Council - Grant to Ark T Centre
£5,000 09/02/2017
Funding was awarded to support their year-round programme of skills development, particularly for volunteers and an annual commission as part of the Light Festival to continue to develop engagement ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Developing preventative responses to the needs of Oxford’s most vulnerable
£15,000 09/01/2017
Salary costs to develop preventative responses to the needs of Oxford’s most vulnerable
Youth Music - My Normal
£29,300 02/12/2016
My Normal
Oxford City Council - Grant to Ark T Centre
£6,811 12/02/2015
Funding was awarded to work with 30 young people from various areas of the city to give them the opportunity to make their own music and to achieve one or more AQA accreditation, run 16 creative ....more
Oxford City Council - Grant to Ark T Centre
£4,690 12/02/2014
Funding was awarded to work with up to 61 young people from various areas of the city to give them the opportuntiy to make their own music and perform at 7 music gigs throughout the year.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the volunteer programme
£5,000 28/01/2011
Towards the volunteer programme helping a variety of users suffering from mental illness, addiction, learning disabilities, young offenders share in art workshops in Cowley, Oxford.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Centre's co-ordinator in Oxford
£8,000 27/06/2006
Towards the centre's co-ordinator in Oxford
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/02/2000, number: 1079495
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR15: 1 days late,
Main office

The Venue
242B Barns Road
OXFORD
OX4 3RQ

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS IN THE AREA OF THE CITY OF OXFORD AND PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF COWLEY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF ARTISTIC WORKS

Defined Area of Benefit:

AREA OF CITY OF OXFORD AND PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF COWLEY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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