Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

COUNTY DURHAM ARTS IN EDUCATION AGENCY 

County Durham Arts in Education was established in 2001. It trades under the name of The Forge and provides an arts in education service to young people principally in County Durham and the wider region.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 23 years

www.intheforge.com

enquiries@intheforge.com

01207284515

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
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
31/03/23£179£229£-50n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£224£213£11n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£133£153£-20n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£256£188£68n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£214£221£-7n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£190£189£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£242£234£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£186£181£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£146£159£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£237£210£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£170£201£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£151£169£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£213£269£-56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£384£341£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£237£590£-353£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£767£619£148£29£657£2494.840
31/03/07£547£435£112£29£509£2486.840
31/03/06£525£311£214£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£283£238£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£446£364£81£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Redcar And Cleveland, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-tees, Sunderland,

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£252,718
DCMS£58,554
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£6,900
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Talking Cameras: using photography to support neurodiverse learners
£237,000 09/05/2023
The Forge is an arts organisation specialising in participatory arts projects with children. They work closely with disadvantaged schools co-creating arts-based programmes to improve children's ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£15,718 11/11/2020
12
The Forge is a participatory art commissioning and producing company. Creative outcomes from their work include exhibitions, concerts, performances, discussion events, films, public art works and ....more
DCMS - The Forge
£58,554 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
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Spoken word artist fees to support young people to challenge injustice and support social action at schools in Kenton and Fenham
£4,400 18/10/2019
Spoken word artist fees to support young people to challenge injustice and support social action at schools in Kenton and Fenham
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Creating and trialling a set of Key Stage 3 focused lesson plans on the subject of philanthropy and giving
£2,500 24/05/2019
Creating and trialling a set of Key Stage 3 focused lesson plans on the subject of philanthropy and giving
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Teaching Things Differently - pioneering visual literacy in the classroom
£125,000 13/03/2019
24
The Forge, a participatory arts commissioning and producing agency and Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation, will partner with seven schools, two of which are special educational needs and ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - To support Your Voice Your Say 2
£4,250 24/10/2018
To support "Your Voice Your Say 2" a series of artist-led and journalist-led workshops.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Your Voice: Your Say - helping young people to speak out and make change
£4,185 31/05/2018
Your Voice: Your Say - helping young people to speak out and make change
County Durham Community Foundation - Your Voice: Your Say
£5,000 18/12/2017
To support the Your Voice: Your Say project
County Durham Community Foundation - Towards Defiant Voices - Creating Safer Communities
£7,130 07/06/2016
Towards Defiant Voices - Creating Safer Communities project which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of stigmatisation, prejudice and religious, racial and cultural intolerance.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Seeing Things Differently: approaching Creative Writing through Photography
£41,100 06/06/2016
24
Co-created by artists and teachers, the 2-year project will work with one year 6 class bridging the crucial period as they transition into year 7. A photographer and writer will explore narrative ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Forge County Durham Arts in Education Agency
£25,700 26/05/2016
Northern Writes is a Stanley-based cultural education programme inspired by the 'pitman’s poet' Tommy Armstrong
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-78
  • SALLY DIXON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Partnership And Communications Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/05/2001, number: 1086471
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/07/2000, number: 04027621
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

STANLEY EDUCATION CENTRE
STANLEY
DH9 0HQ

Objectives

TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS IN EDUCATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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