Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

MAKING SPACE FOR CRAFTS LTD 

Making Space is a visual arts charity working in the socially deprived area of Leigh Park. We provide hands-on, participatory workshops for all age groups and levels of experience with a focus on community work. We also provide studio space and business support for craft makers and visual artists.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/03/22£176£173£2n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/21£146£124£22n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£128£144£-16n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£134£118£16n/an/an/an/an/a34
31/03/18£118£132£-15£0£0£0n/a011
31/03/17£115£116£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£117£133£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£169£200£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£323£246£77£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£151£182£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£151£148£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£144£159£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£120£144£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£129£98£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£72£96£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£180£192£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£120£72£48£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years
(21 years as a company)

www.makingspace.org

admin@makingspace.org

02392472491

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Social & legal advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Hampshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 1 volunteer

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
Henry Smith Charity£120,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
DCMS£28,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Making Space
£120,000 21/09/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing craft-based support for people from disadvantaged communities in Havant, Hampshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Changing Lives Through Craft - A Space to Make
£10,000 28/04/2023
The funding will be used to continue the groups weekly drop in craft sessions for members of the community who are living with mental ill health isolation and economical disadvantage. The project ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 08/10/2021
Making Space For All
DCMS - Making Space for the Future
£28,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 21/02/2020
Making Space Application for core funding support
National Lottery Community Fund - At Making Space
£7,950 26/03/2018
12
The organisation will run community drop in sessions to provide creative activities for people who face social, economic or health issues. They will also provide craft activities for children and ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-65
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/03/2005, number: 1108387
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/07/2002, number: 04482576
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR14: 32 days late,
Main office

MAKING SPACE
2 BISHOPSTOKE ROAD
HAVANT
PO9 5BN

Objectives

3A (I) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE DISADVANTAGED PUBLIC BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR THE VISUAL ARTS OF FINE ART, SCULPTURE, CRAFTS, 3D ARTS, DRAWING, DIGITAL ARTS, FILM MAKING, VIDEO MAKING AND PHOTOGRAPHY.(II) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS, PARTICULARLY FACILITIES FOR THE PRODUCTION AND EXHIBITION OF THE VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS WITH THE OBJECT OF GIVING THE WIDEST POSSIBLE ACCESS TO THE ARTS BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE HAMPSHIRE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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