Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

SUFFOLK ARTLINK 

Through delivering a range of creative activities Suffolk Artlink improves the quality of life for older people in care, older people living independently, people suffering from dementia and mental ill health, people with learning difficulties, young people in areas with high deprivation indices, young people at risk of exclusion and children in hospital and hospices.
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 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:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • 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
Established: 19 years

www.suffolkartlink.org.uk

enquiries@suffolkartlink.org.uk

01986873955

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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£481£408£73n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/03/22£442£429£13n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/21£363£386£-23n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/20£533£432£101£8£354£1243.51416
31/03/19£413£416£-2n/an/an/an/an/a13
31/03/18£429£425£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£440£394£47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£420£349£71£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£268£308£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£353£355£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£302£393£-91£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£398£292£106£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£389£436£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£397£293£104£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£279£231£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£131£135£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£161£102£59£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 16 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
Youth Music£250,562
National Lottery Heritage Fund£238,649
DCMS£57,856
Suffolk Community Foundation£54,568
National Lottery Community Fund£19,071
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - Little Beats
£150,000 06/04/2023
Little Beats
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£139,749 16/02/2023
Extra Time
National Lottery Community Fund - Friends around the table
£9,757 16/12/2022
The funding will be used to deliver artist-led participatory art sessions within both existing and newly-forming community groups. The project aims to support the mental wellbeing of participants ....more
Youth Music - Recharge Fund
£44,200 28/03/2022
Recharge Fund
Youth Music - Little Beats 2
£27,417 01/07/2021
Little Beats 2
DCMS - ACE Loneliness Fund
£28,928 18/01/2021
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Around the Table
£4,948 19/09/2020
8
Towards the continuation of the 'Around the Table' project, during Covid 19 restrictions.
DCMS - Celebrating Age Loneliness Projects
£28,928 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
Youth Music - Little Beats
£28,945 06/03/2020
Little Beats
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£2,645 15/11/2019
We want to engage rurally isolated older people in exciting creative activities to build social connections and improve wellbeing.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Make, Do and Friends
£14,895 31/10/2019
18
To support the "Make, Do and Friends" Project.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£98,900 25/10/2019
Letters from...
Suffolk Community Foundation - Make, Do and Friends
£14,895 11/10/2019
18
To support the "Make, Do and Friends" Project.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Around the Table
£19,830 20/09/2019
12
To support the "Around the Table" project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Around the Table
£9,314 12/09/2019
12
Around the Table
National Lottery Community Fund - Generator Arts
£376,309 18/04/2019
48
The organisation will use funding to continue offering an inclusive arts course for people with learning disabilities in Ipswich, Lowestoft and Bury St Edmonds, to develop creative, life and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£26,000 30/07/2018
36
The project will deliver clown round sessions for children and young people with life limiting conditions. The project will improve resilience, reduce isolation and increase wellbeing.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£119,996 27/06/2018
36
The project will deliver clown round sessions to children and young people in hospitals experiencing illness. The project will increase resilience, reduce isolation and develop emotional wellbeing.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Around the Table
£18,786 06/06/2018
11
To support a project called - Around The Table.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Make Do and Friends
£3,960 28/03/2018
12
For twelve artist-led sessions as part of an outreach programme for rurally isolated older people in Suffolk.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£12,400 15/12/2017
12
Towards two years running costs of the Forget Me not project, providing support services through creative activities to people with dementia in Ipswich Hospital
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£12,400 07/12/2017
24
towards two years' running costs of the 'Forget Me Not' project, providing support through creative activities to people with dementia in Ipswich Hospital
Youth Music - Rock On
£71,572 10/11/2017
Rock On
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£20,000 28/09/2017
24
Towards artists using laughter and creativity to improve the quality of life for people with dementia in hospital.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£73,000 19/09/2017
Lowestoft Folk
Youth Music - Rock Up II
£29,986 21/07/2016
Rock Up II
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£13,731 26/05/2016
12
The charity delivers participatory creative activities to people with a wide range of issues. By piloting work that offers the opportunity for service users to feed into project development they ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£11,070 11/06/2015
24
towards two years' running costs of the 'Forget Me Not' project, providing support through creative activities to people with dementia in Ipswich Hospital
National Lottery Community Fund - JumpstART!
£369,430 08/04/2015
48
This project will continue delivery of arts training in Bury St Edmunds and Lowestoft with this project also including an expansion into a new area of Ipswich. Suffolk Artlink (SA) provides high ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£77,500 19/09/2013
Suffolk at Play
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£30,800 28/09/2012
the salary and on-costs of the Project Development Officer
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Suffolk Artlink
£12,840 31/01/2012
Towards an SROI analysis of the Creative Carers project - training staff in care homes to improve access to and quality of participatory arts.
National Lottery Community Fund - JumpstART!
£247,434 13/04/2011
48
This project will deliver outreach taster sessions in and around Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds on subjects including photography, art and drama. There will also be 'explore' days for people with ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 28-61
  • MADDIE BAKER-WOODS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Operating Office, Nhs Ipswich & East Suffolk
  • MARK ANSCOMBE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Marketing & Business Development
  • SIMON PRICE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Creative
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/08/2005, number: 1110898
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/02/2005, number: 05354844
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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

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Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTSGENERALLY AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, BY UTILISING ALL ARTFORMS,INCLUDING PAINTING, SCULPTURE, PRINTMAKING, CRAFTS, DRAMA, MUSIC, LITERATURE,PHOTOGRAPHY, LANDSCAPE ART, PUBLIC ART AND NEW MEDIA;(B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE,FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OFIMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND PERSONS WHOHAVE PARTICULAR NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, PHYSICAL ORMENTAL DISABILITY, HEALTH OR THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES;:[A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY IS DEFINED AS ANY PERSON WHO HAS A PHYSICAL ORLEARNING DISABILITY, A SENSORY IMPAIRMENT, ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY, MENTALHEALTH PROBLEM OR WHO HAS LONG-TERM ILLNESS.]

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE SUFFOLK.

Data Sources

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