Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 4

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 4

MAKEBELIEVE ARTS

Make Believe Arts is a leading provider of theatre and education programmes, using our understanding of progressive educational philosophy to develop the creative potential of children from 2 - 11. Our work includes: Storytelling and poetry, Helicopter Stories, The Story Basket and The Poetry Basket via in person and online resources.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is completely female

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: 18 years

www.makebelievearts.co.uk

info@makebelievearts.co.uk

01249 714607

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23	£224	£190	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£250	£204	£46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£157	£124	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£193	£170	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£165	£138	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£118	£128	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/17	£174	£191	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16	£344	£369	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/15	£368	£385	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/14	£416	£404	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/13	£398	£349	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/12	£224	£223	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/11	£264	£264	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/10	£303	£302	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/09	£304	£300	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/08	£269	£238	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/07	£209	£202	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Helicopter Stories: Expanding our Reach in the Early Years
£248,000	13/07/2020	MakeBelieve Arts is a theatre and education charity, offering programmes to develop the creative, communication and literacy skills of children. Through this grant, MakeBelieve Arts is expanding the ....more MakeBelieve Arts is a theatre and education charity, offering programmes to develop the creative, communication and literacy skills of children. Through this grant, MakeBelieve Arts is expanding the reach of both their Helicopter Stories and Poetry Basket programmes, which improve the communication and early literacy skills of children aged two to six in both mainstream and special schools.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - The Tales of Leo Lionni
£5,000	27/04/2018	MakeBelieve Arts is a well-established theatre and education charity with innovative programmes to develop language and emotional skills in young children. The grant will meet the costs of developing ....more MakeBelieve Arts is a well-established theatre and education charity with innovative programmes to develop language and emotional skills in young children. The grant will meet the costs of developing dramatised story-telling sessions to encourage story-telling and book reading in families in deprived areas.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Growing with stories
£60,000	26/02/2018 20	MakeBelieve Arts is a theatre and education charity, offering programmes to develop the creative, communication and literacy skills of children. This project will saturate one school with a myriad of ....more MakeBelieve Arts is a theatre and education charity, offering programmes to develop the creative, communication and literacy skills of children. This project will saturate one school with a myriad of arts-based, storytelling activities to explore the impact on communication, language, comprehension and writing, particularly among pupils experiencing disadvantage.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Times of Transition
£155,023	11/12/2012	'Times of Transition' is an innovative approach combining peer mentoring and blogging. This three year multi-region pilot will reduce future incidences of truancy and behavioural problems by ....more 'Times of Transition' is an innovative approach combining peer mentoring and blogging. This three year multi-region pilot will reduce future incidences of truancy and behavioural problems by developing the literacy, teamworking and resilience skills of 1,160 young people during transfer from primary to secondary school, with sustained support for a targeted group of 240 vulnerable young people.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to MakeBelieve Arts
£57,397	01/12/2011	Towards the evaluation of the Vivian Gussey Paley approach (Helicopter) to story-telling/recording with young children.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-68

BONNIE DEE MENDOZA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Teacher

DR DEBORAH COGAN THACKER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Childrens Literature Professor

GLENYS SUSAN INGHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Headteacher, Other trusteeship: EDUCATIONAL DANCE PROVISION SERVICES,

KAREN MICHELLE HADFIELD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Teacher

KYM SUZANNAH SCOTT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Education Consultant

SALLY VEALE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Teacher

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/03/2006, number: 1113312
Registered at Companies House on 29/03/2004, number: 05087027

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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 expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; all on time

Main office

THE CARTOON HOUSE
1a Bradford Road
CORSHAM
SN13 0QR

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DRAMA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE.

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