Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 6

Volatile income: -3
Fundraising costs low: +3

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 10

METAL CULTURE LIMITED

We support artists from all disciplines by creating time and space for the development of ideas and philosophies around artists' work through, residencies, producing, commissioning, exhibitions, debate and discussion, touring and publishing. We ensure all our work actively contributes to civil society, through education, participation, learning opportunities, conversation and debate.

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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently

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		£909	£941	£-32	£71	£398	£342	4.4	17	25
31/03/22	*	£1,134	£1,526	£-392	£70	£430	£336	2.6	16	103
31/03/21		£1,464	£1,143	£322	£69	£822	£335	3.5	16	1
31/03/20		£1,689	£1,441	£249	£70	£500	£177	1.5	14	173
31/03/19		£907	£954	£-47	£63	£322	£255	3.2	12	183
31/03/18		£1,310	£1,269	£41	£60	£369	£198	1.9	12	0
31/03/17		£1,752	£1,857	£-105	£67	£328	£164	1.1	16	0
31/03/16	*	£1,660	£1,441	£219	£46	£433	£123	1	12	0
31/03/15	*	£1,132	£1,113	£19	£626	£214	£207	2.2	10	0
31/03/14	*	£577	£1,037	£-460	£448	£174	£173	2	9	0
31/03/13	*	£649	£772	£-123	£278	£227	£227	3.5	10	0
31/03/12	*	£606	£675	£-70	£351	£108	£108	1.9	7	0
31/03/11		£680	£725	£-45	£373	£178	£178	2.9	6	0
31/03/10	*	£1,039	£1,022	£17	£678	£223	£223	2.6	5	0
31/03/09?	*	£873	£657	£216	£340	£235	£235	4.3	5	0
30/04/08		£435	£435	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/07		£246	£246	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/06	*	£348	£332	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/05	*	£249	£246	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 4.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 20 years

www.metalculture.com

chalkwell@metalculture.com

01702470700

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Liverpool City, Peterborough City, Southend-on-sea,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

17 employees
25 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	£707,831
The Foyle Foundation	£20,000
Essex Community Foundation	£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - NetPark Wellbeing Project
£10,000	23/09/2022	The funding will be used to deliver a series of art therapy and yoga sessions for people who have experienced trauma. The project aims to support people to improve their mental wellbeing and coping ....more The funding will be used to deliver a series of art therapy and yoga sessions for people who have experienced trauma. The project aims to support people to improve their mental wellbeing and coping mechanisms.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Metal Culture Limited
£5,000	12/05/2022	for the costs of a professional art and wellbeing facilitator to deliver specialist creative courses for participants referred from mental health services in Southend
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Humanise Community Club
£2,149	23/10/2021	We want to give our diverse community a place to talk about difficult issues that face us as human beings and to learn about ways to keep our local ecosystem healthy.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000	28/04/2021	towards the Metal New Artist Network – a development programme for early career artists
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Metal Culture Ltd
£5,000	03/09/2020 5	to support the LGBT+ community in Peterborough during this very difficult period by developing an innovative and ‘entirely online’ Pride activity/events designed to provide support and ....more to support the LGBT+ community in Peterborough during this very difficult period by developing an innovative and ‘entirely online’ Pride activity/events designed to provide support and entertainment for 4,500 people; develop, design and produce a positive local media campaign insuring LGBT+ visibility is maintained despite Peterborough Pride being cancelled; create an out of hours local helpline for the Peterborough LGBT+ community to access during this period where people feel isolated.
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Metal Culture Ltd
£5,000	03/09/2020 5	to provide safe support for black, brown and people of colour LGBT+ communities (4,500 people) in Peterborough. A collaboration between Peterborough Pride and Power In Discussion will facilitate a ....more to provide safe support for black, brown and people of colour LGBT+ communities (4,500 people) in Peterborough. A collaboration between Peterborough Pride and Power In Discussion will facilitate a number of online community events / discussions specific to the issues raised by the black lives matter agenda. The project will also develop, design and produce a positive media campaign insuring positive black LGBT+ visibility is maintained despite Peterborough Pride being cancelled this year.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Metal Culture Limited
£10,000	03/09/2020	towards additional staff time to help meet the increased demand for the NetPark Wellbeing Project for people with mental health conditions in Southend during COVID19
DCMS - Metal
£575,781	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 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 us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Metal Culture (Peterborough) - Changing the Landscape for Freelance Disabled Freelance Professionals in the Performance Sector
£15,000	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 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 us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Metal
£117,050	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Metal
£565,378	01/04/2019	£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
Essex Community Foundation - NetPark Wellbeing Project - TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND TO REACH OUT TO 16-24 YEAR OLDS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS
£7,018	21/02/2019 11	To extend the NetPark Wellbeing Project for young people with mental health conditions in Southend
DCMS - Metal
£565,378	01/04/2018	To promote Arts & Culture throughout the UK
DCMS - Metal
£141,345	01/04/2018	To support Metal
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Metal Culture Ltd
£22,300	30/03/2015	The Day the World Got Smaller

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 57-70

JEAN CAMPBELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Artist Educator, Trained Art Therapist

JOHN BLIGH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Youth And Community Music Worker

ANDREA GODDARD STARK Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director, Local Government

IAN THOMPSON Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Designer

JAMIE BEDDARD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director, Other trusteeship: COLLECTIVE ENCOUNTERS,

SIMON LEFTLEY MBE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Civil Servant

MATTHEW ANTHONY WILSON BRADBURY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Operations, Other trusteeships: THE WHITLINGHAM CHARITABLE TRUST, BMC ACCESS & CONSERVATION TRUST, THE NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST, LIVING SPORT CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH SPORTS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED, THE MALCOLM BRADBURY TRUST CIO, NATURAL CAMBRIDGESHIRE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/06/2004, number: 1104635
Registered at Companies House on 17/04/2003, number: 04738521

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
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

19 returns made; AR22: 1 days late, AR16: 24 days late, AR15: 16 days late, AR14: 41 days late, AR13: 112 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR10: 25 days late, AR09: 28 days late, AR06: 21 days late, AR05: 92 days late,

Main office

CHALKWELL HALL
CHALKWELL AVENUE
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
ESSEX
SS0 8NB

Objectives

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND PERFORMING ARTS AND TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST IN NEW ARTISTIC ENDEAVOURS BY SUPPORTING THE WORK AND ASPIRATIONS OF NEW ARTISTS. 2. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RELIEF AND OTHERWISE THE DEVELOPMENT AMONG ARTISTS AND STUDENT ARTISTS OF THEIR PERFORMANCE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERFORMING ARTS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF STUDIO SPACE AND SHORT TERM RESIDENCY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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