Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 3

No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

POOL ARTS

Provide education to the public on the benefits of artistic practice to wellbeing.Provide support, training and facilities in particular for people in Manchester area who experience mental or emotional distress, who have found that development of their artistic practice benefits their mental wellbeing.

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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/01/23		£35	£36	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/01/22		£37	£24	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/01/21	*	£77	£33	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/01/20	*	£34	£31	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/01/19	*	£33	£34	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/01/18		£33	£32	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/17		£28	£20	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/16		£13	£30	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/15		£37	£24	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/14		£29	£19	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/13		£10	£25	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/12		£40	£42	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/11		£34	£34	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/10		£32	£19	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/09		£6	£6	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/08		£8	£9	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/07	*	£5	£6	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years
(21 years as a company)

www.poolarts.org

poolarts@gmail.com

0161 258 1779

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Specialty hospitals (incl psychiatric and substance abuse)

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Pool Arts Mentoring 2022
£10,000	24/09/2021	The funding will be used to employ a freelance personal development mentor working with people experiencing mental or emotional distress where participants will gain new skills through art work and ....more The funding will be used to employ a freelance personal development mentor working with people experiencing mental or emotional distress where participants will gain new skills through art work and assisting with the day to day tasks of the group.
The Baring Foundation - Grant to Pool Arts
£12,000	14/09/2020	We require funding for a period of development, working with external consultants & professional artists to strengthen the organisation for the future
National Lottery Community Fund - Pool Arts Mentoring 2020
£10,000	17/01/2020 10	The funding will be used to employ a freelance personal development mentor 8 hours per week to work with participants who experience mental or emotional distress. The aim is to bring together people ....more The funding will be used to employ a freelance personal development mentor 8 hours per week to work with participants who experience mental or emotional distress. The aim is to bring together people facing similar barriers including stigma, isolation and the side effects of medication.
National Lottery Community Fund - Pool Arts studio Mentoring programme
£10,000	01/11/2018 12	The funding will be used to offer personal development mentoring to people who have experienced mental or emotional distress. The mentoring programme will involve work with participants to identify ....more The funding will be used to offer personal development mentoring to people who have experienced mental or emotional distress. The mentoring programme will involve work with participants to identify and address skills training needs and also identify suitable training, volunteering or employment opportunities. The project aims to help individuals to improve their mental health as well as reduce isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Pool Arts Mentoring Project
£10,000	02/08/2017 12	The funding will be used by a charity to develop their arts programme for people with mental health needs. The project aims to develop the charity’s employment, training and volunteering ....more The funding will be used by a charity to develop their arts programme for people with mental health needs. The project aims to develop the charity’s employment, training and volunteering opportunities through arts based activities and exhibitions.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Pool Arts
£10,000	10/09/2013	Furiously Mad
National Lottery Community Fund - Pool Arts Mentor: Pilot Scheme
£10,000	11/11/2010 12	This is a project by a incorporated charity in Manchester. The group will use funding to employ a freelance personal development mentor to work with members to identify training needs and to help to ....more This is a project by a incorporated charity in Manchester. The group will use funding to employ a freelance personal development mentor to work with members to identify training needs and to help to support the organisation. This will provide more training opportunities for members and increase the efficiency of the organisation.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-59

NICHOLAS ROBERT EASTON TELFER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Security Guard

RACHAEL JANE FIELD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Artist

SIMON MAWDSLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Artist

ANNETTE EBANKS Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Artist

LESLEY PAMELA WARD-SPEERS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Carer, Other trusteeships: MONTON CHURCH, MONTON UNITARIAN CHURCH,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/02/2006, number: 1113043
Registered at Companies House on 17/02/2003, number: 04668282

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR21: 2 days late, AR20: 1 days late, AR19: 103 days late, AR07: 75 days late,

Main office

GROUND FLOOR FRONT UNIT
18-20
Grosvenor Street
Manchester
M1 7JJ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AND WHO SUFFER FROM THE EFFECTS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS WHO HAVE FOUND THAT DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES AND THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITIONS AND SUCH OTHER FACILITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. GREATER MANCHESTER

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