Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

THE PLOUGH ARTS CENTRE LIMITED 

To promote, maintain, improve, encourage and provide public education in the arts including the artsof drama, music, singing, dance, painting, sculpture, literature, cinematography and handicrafts.To provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for the recreation and leisure time occupation ofthe public with particular regard to Torrington and its surrounding district.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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: 22 years

http://www.theploughartscentre.org.uk/

mail@theploughartscentre.org.uk

01805622552

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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£471£598£-127n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/22£477£582£-105n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/21£533£370£164£10£372£2939.51450
31/03/20£748£711£37£28£208£1021.71770
31/03/19£697£753£-56£15£171£881.41788
31/03/18£715£655£60£20£227£1021.9150
31/03/17£590£552£38£13£166£541.2140
31/03/16£537£536£2£13£129£551.2140
31/03/15£463£478£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£600£598£2£131£92£511160
31/03/13£565£563£2£118£90£651.4150
31/03/12£680£694£-14£124£88£661.1100
31/03/11£426£423£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£392£424£-32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£366£331£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£345£336£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£345£344£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£357£336£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£259£258£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£199£213£-13£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 volunteers

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£193,424
National Lottery Community Fund£107,295
Garfield Weston Foundation£75,000
Devon Community Foundation£16,922
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Ready Steady Go
£80,000 26/07/2023
This funding will be used to support community led activities such as films live events exhibitions and workshops in a local community centre. The project aims to bring people together and improve ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 29/07/2022
Ploughing Upstream
Devon Community Foundation - Plough Prism
£10,000 11/04/2022
Continues funding for Plough Prisma drama group and Motion Dance for adults with disabilities. In addition to a pilot project address literacy in children who have additional and neuro diverse needs, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Jubilee
£7,900 01/04/2022
The funding will be used to deliver several activities including free events and workshops decided by the youth council. These will include open mic events an environmental activity day and river ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Frozen Light
£2,000 11/03/2022
Accessible cultural performances for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
National Lottery Community Fund - Prism and Motion for adults with disabilities
£9,950 04/03/2022
The funding will be used to fund facilitators for 40 weeks and cover building hire including facilities costs. The project aims to provide benefits for adults with disabilities from the exercise ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award WCF award - COVID19 response
£50,000 05/02/2021
Weston Culture Fund to Regular Grant
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£73,000 22/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
DCMS - Plough Up
£80,424 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Plough 2
£40,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - Opening Doors
£9,445 18/10/2019
12
Opening Doors
Devon Community Foundation - Plough The Future
£4,922 16/10/2019
12
creating a 'youth council', enabling young people to be part of the governance of the Centre, having a say on what activities and events are held and involving them in the delivery of these sessions
Devon Community Foundation - Motion Dance
£3,900 27/02/2019
36
3 year funding to support the overhead costs of running weekly Motion Dance sessions for adults with disabilities and additional needs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 06/02/2018
The Next Level
Devon Community Foundation - Motion Dance
£2,560 12/07/2017
12
supporting weekly dance and movement sessions for adults with disabilities, maintaining their health and well-being and offering social opportunitities for their carers
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Plough Arts Centre
£43,978 26/11/2008
36
Towards Project costs Towards the salary of a part time visual arts and education officer to implement and promote a visual arts development plan.
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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: 47-84
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/09/2002, number: 1093715
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/03/2002, number: 04404875
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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; AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 29 days late,
Main office

The Plough Arts Centre
Fore Street
TORRINGTON
EX38 8HQ

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MUSIC, SINGING, DANCE, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, LITERATURE, CINEMATOGRAPHY AND HANDICRAFTS.(B) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO GREAT TORRINGTON AND ITS SURROUNDING DISTRICT WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREAT TORRINGTON AND ITS SURROUNDING DISRICT

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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