Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

MK ARTS FOR HEALTH 

Deliver community arts projects in schools, GP surgeries, residential care homes and day care centres; Provide supportive opportunities and work experience for volunteers, particularly people with mental health issues and learning disabilities; Commission artwork for healthcare settings; Manage Artists' Training Residencies;Deliver arts and health education for health care staff.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 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
Established: 19 years

www.artsforhealthmk.org.uk

info@artsforhealthmk.org.uk

01908996124

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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£142£102£40n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/22£95£89£6n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£95£89£6n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/20£76£75£1n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/19£100£119£-18n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/18£200£192£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£70£82£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£133£113£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£79£80£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£59£70£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£74£73£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£73£72£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£92£100£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£93£106£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£114£137£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£213£180£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£147£129£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£39£77£-39£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Milton Keynes,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 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
National Lottery Community Fund£94,536
Youth Music£29,030
Lloyds Bank Foundation£27,142
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - Creative Play
£29,030 01/03/2023
Creative Play
National Lottery Community Fund - HEADSTART- Arts and Wellbeing Support for Young People Facing Health Challenges
£94,536 15/09/2022
This funding will be used to deliver the groups Headstart programme to young people aged 8-17 with a focus on young people who are experiencing moderate but enduring symptoms of depression and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to MK Arts for Health
£12,142 23/07/2020
Grant to MK Arts for Health meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to MK Arts for Health
£15,000 20/09/2019
12
MH Arts for Health are requesting additional staff time and pilot costs to create and improve referrals pathways with inpatient mental health services and other community providers to grow their ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to MK Arts for Health
£47,800 11/10/2016
Healthy Heritage - Caring for the Collection
National Lottery Community Fund - Arts on Prescription
£119,817 10/08/2010
36
This new three year project will run art therapy activities for people who have a mental illness living in the Woughton and Eaton Manor areas of Milton Keynes. The themes of the art work will be ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 43-63
  • LESLEY HALFORD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Service Director- Mental Health
  • LINDA BARTRAM Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chartered Certified Accountant & Registered Audito
  • OMOTAYO KUFEJI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: General Practitioner (Gp) - Nhs
  • SIMON LLOYD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
  • TANYA COLES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Programme Lead
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/01/2005, number: 1107625
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/05/2004, number: 05137693
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR09: 3 days late, AR07: 257 days late, AR06: 645 days late,
Main office

MILTON KEYNES HOSPITAL
STANDING WAY
EAGLESTONE
MILTON KEYNES
MK6 5LD

Objectives

3.1 THE CHARITYãS OBJECT (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO USE ARTS ACTIVITIES AND PROMOTE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ARTS IN THE HOSPITAL AND IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY OF MILTON KEYNES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL POPULATION3.1.1 PROMOTING HEALTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HEALTH AND HEALTH RELATED ISSUES; AND3.1.2 PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED OF THEM BY REASON OF ILLNESS, THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Defined Area of Benefit:

MILTON KEYNES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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