Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

THE ARTS DEPOT TRUST LIMITED 

artsdepot engages a wide audience in a inspiring, high-quality and inclusive programme of arts and cultural activities, working in collaboration to establish artsdepot as North London's leading multi art form venue, stimulating and supporting artists, audiences and the local community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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 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
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 23 years
(26 years as a company)

www.artsdepot.co.uk

finance@artsdepot.co.uk

02083695461

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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?£1,335£1,622£-288£30£611£4853.61202
31/08/22£2,269£2,379£-110£52£898£7533.812515
31/08/21£2,223£1,572£651£51£1,008£8186.2835
31/08/20£2,151£2,135£17£51£357£17711305
31/08/19£2,066£2,163£-97£93£341£176110115
31/08/18£1,996£2,048£-52£239£438£2011.2370
31/08/17£2,036£2,023£12£205£490£1881.1360
31/08/16£1,942£1,879£63£210£478£1420.9370
31/08/15£1,900£1,810£90£198£415£930.6330
31/08/14£1,814£1,753£61£176£325£640.4310
31/08/13£1,460£1,461£-1£151£264£260.2280
31/08/12£1,360£1,495£-135£137£265£200.2270
31/08/11£1,801£1,662£138£178£400£30310
31/08/10£1,862£1,977£-115£212£262£20360
31/08/09?£2,650£2,666£-16£284£377£370.2320
31/03/08*£1,781£1,963£-182£357£393£750.5270
31/03/07*£1,792£1,855£-62£303£575£1360.9250
31/03/06£1,537£1,647£-110£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£1,465£1,153£312£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£761£758£3£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 54%
Liabilities/Income: 31%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 79%
Reserves/Spending: 3.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 120 employees
  • 2 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
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
DCMS£1,848,228
City Bridge Trust£132,000
John Lyon's Charity£58,300
National Lottery Community Fund£17,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Backstage Trust - Fund raising grant
£10,000 05/12/2022
External Prospect Researcher role in North Finchley venue
National Lottery Community Fund - Falls Prevention & Wellbeing Service
£7,800 02/09/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a dance and movement falls prevention service in local day centres. The project aims to support the health and well being of the older people in the community.
The Childhood Trust - Festive Food & Fun
£2,000 12/06/2022
artsdepot is working with Finchley Food Bank to provide Festive Food & Fun this December - with continued support over 2023. 80 Christmas hampers for families facing food poverty 40 show vouchers ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Cultural Capital grant to artsdepot
£35,000 18/11/2021
Barnet & Culture for Youth Implementation Programme
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£200,000 27/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to artsdepot
£3,300 01/06/2021
Theatre and Design Summer School
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Arts Depot Trust Ltd
£132,000 26/11/2020
£132,000 over 5 years (£28,400; £28,500; £28,700; £25,200; £21,200) towards the running costs of an accessible programme of activities for disabled people. Costs covered include a Project ....more
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to artsdepot
£20,000 05/06/2020
12
COVID-19: LCR Wave 2 - Digital Workshops
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£10,000 27/05/2020
towards the upgrade of the bespoke venue management software (to cover training, planning, data migration and year one running costs)
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£307,290 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
DCMS - artsdepot culture recovery fund
£750,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund - 2nd Round
£289,200 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - SEN Work Experience Placements
£10,000 25/07/2019
12
The project will use the funding to provide work experience opportunities for young people who have special educational needs. This will create new opportunities for personal development and help ....more
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£301,738 01/04/2019
£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£75,000 01/10/2018
MINE - building family bonds, positive transitions from virtual worlds to real life To deliver an arts engagement & access programme targeting the most disadvantaged communities in Barnet through ....more
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£301,738 01/04/2018
National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£75,435 01/04/2018
To support National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
National Lottery Community Fund - The Harmony of Difference
£8,540 31/01/2018
12
This project will run musical composition workshops for young people with learning and physical disabilities. The young people will compose unique musical and visual pieces which will be exhibited at ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Festival of Diversity & Inclusion
£10,000 17/08/2016
12
The group will use the funding to run art and performance workshops for young people living with disabilities, culminating in a diversity themed art exhibition and community festival. This will ....more
Dunhill Medical Trust - Pilot Arts Themed Lunch Club for Socially Isolated Older People
£5,000 09/03/2016
12
The delivery of 19 lunch events for older people aimed at developing new social networks, improving health and well-being and encouraging greater involvement with the arts.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Arts Depot Trust Ltd
£81,300 27/11/2014
36
£81,300 over three years (£26,600; £27,100; £27,600) for a Community Champion and a Marketing Assistant, plus project costs, for arts events and creative activities for socially isolated elderly ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Engaging the Ageing
£10,000 19/11/2014
12
Not Available
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to artsdepot
£60,000 09/04/2014
Towards core costs to continue developing the artistic programme.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to artsdepot
£25,000 08/01/2014
Tally Ho - A Place to Meet
Nesta - ACE0299
£117,600 03/12/2013
Digital R&D Fund programme grant to artsdepot Grant Ref ACE0299
National Lottery Community Fund - CLIVE Annual Programme
£84,792 20/11/2012
36
The project will deliver a programme of creative workshops and club night events for YP with disabilities helping them to develop creative and social skills leading to more independent lifestyles. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Clive: Summer Dance Project
£10,000 23/02/2012
12
This is a project by a community organisation in Barnet. The group will use the funding to provide dance workshops and to stage a community event for young people with disabilities. This will enable ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to artsdepot
£90,000 25/03/2010
36
Towards Core costs Towards the salary of a part-time arts administrator including the costs of developing the artistic programme.
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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: 39-77
  • ANISA DARR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Councillor
  • KIM CHUA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Strategy Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/11/2000, number: 1083893
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/03/1998, number: 03536243
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
  • Investment
  • 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; AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 40 days late,
Main office

5 NETHER STREET
LONDON
N12 0GA

Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE AND FURTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY PROVIDING A CENTRE FOR THE BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE ARTISTIC EDUCATIONB) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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