Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 6

ARTY-FOLKS

We offer Art for Therapy and a programme of therapeutic activities for adults of working age living with mental health conditions or suffering emotional distress in Coventry and Warwickshire. We run online courses as well as face-to-face creative peer support groups that can be accessed through our website www.arty-folks.org.uk.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/24		£92	£124	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23		£118	£95	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£90	£78	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£161	£77	£84	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?		£26	£63	£-37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£47	£51	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£70	£42	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
04/04/16		£72	£47	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
04/04/15		£42	£36	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
04/04/14		£4	£14	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
04/04/13		£23	£11	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
04/04/12		£7	£10	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
04/04/11		£20	£12	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
04/04/10		£6	£7	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/09		£3	£6	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£2	£2	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£9	£9	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£4	£15	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

www.arty-folks.org.uk

info@arty-folks.org.uk

02476414740

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Coventry City, Warwickshire,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Arty-Folks
£8,000	14/09/2020	Participant-led process towards an expanded service model that works across creative media and weaves in wellbeing practices and social stimulation.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£17,100	23/07/2020	"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Arty-Folks
£14,982	16/05/2018 12	Coventry based charity working with people recovering from mental ill health issues using art based activities. Will access training to for staff to measure the impact of their work, improve their fundraising skills and promote their work further.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Making Headway
£75,000	13/10/2016 36	Grant to Arty Folks
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Arty-Folks
£14,998	22/09/2016 12	This Coventry based charity uses art as a tool to engage and support the recovery of people from mental ill health. They are seeking support to measure the impact of their work, its value for money and learn from other similar organisations.
National Lottery Community Fund - Peer2Peer Training Development
£10,000	21/07/2016 12	The group will use the funding to develop a training course to upskill their peer mentors involved in an arts based project for people with mental ill health. This will increase the capacity of the group to better cater for the needs of ....more The group will use the funding to develop a training course to upskill their peer mentors involved in an arts based project for people with mental ill health. This will increase the capacity of the group to better cater for the needs of beneficiaries.
Sport England - Cricket Development
£3,200	12/03/2013	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Cricket Development'. This project lists its main activity as Cricket.
National Lottery Community Fund - Core Service and Development
£10,000	20/12/2012 12	This is a project by a charity in Finham, Coventry. The group will use the funding to deliver a structured and tailored support service for people with mental ill health, whilst building their capacity. This will enable service users to actively ....more This is a project by a charity in Finham, Coventry. The group will use the funding to deliver a structured and tailored support service for people with mental ill health, whilst building their capacity. This will enable service users to actively participate in a range of arts therapy courses aimed at improving skills, confidence and mental wellbeing.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-65

DANIEL SHARKEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Bank Manager

LAURA JOANNE WILDE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Research Assistant

MARK JONATHON TERENCE COOK Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Freelance Historian

MIHO TAKA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Researcher

PETER YOUNG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant Engineer

WILLIAM BRYAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Non Executive Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/01/2005, number: 1107757
Registered at Companies House on 15/10/2004, number: 05260817

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
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

18 returns made; AR07: 230 days late,

Main office

1st Floor
Eaton House
1 Eaton Road
Coventry
CV1 2FJ

Objectives

(A) To relieve persons living with mental health conditions or suffering emotional distress by assisting such persons to realise their full potential and lead fulfilling lives through the provision of visual arts and wellbeing related activities.(B) TO MAINTAIN, MANAGE AND IMPROVE THE FACILITIES FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY AND ASSOCIATED BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WEST MIDLANDS.

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