Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 10

BEDFORD CREATIVE ARTS LIMITED

Bedford Creative Arts works collaboratively with artists and the people of Bedfordshire to create new high quality art with the communities around us centred around the values of engagement, inclusion and inspiration, with the aim of enhancing and transforming the quality of people's lives especially in areas where there is a history of low cultural engagement.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 17 years
(19 years as a company)

www.bedfordcreativearts.org.uk

office@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk

01234818670

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	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£240	£280	£-40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/22		£317	£372	£-55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£374	£294	£80	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£336	£290	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£253	£314	£-61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/18		£271	£332	£-61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£315	£299	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£343	£381	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£347	£302	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£321	£248	£73	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£206	£219	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£199	£163	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£255	£174	£81	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£299	£287	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£270	£270	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£248	£286	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
4 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

DCMS	£191,862
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£20,000
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Creative workshops with 65 local children resulting in a multimedia news style, live performance, covering the issues that are important to young people in the area.
£5,000	09/01/2023	News News News
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000	11/11/2020 5	Bedford Creative Arts is a contemporary arts charity dedicated to commissioning high quality art with communities and working with artists to explore new developments in socially engaged art ....more Bedford Creative Arts is a contemporary arts charity dedicated to commissioning high quality art with communities and working with artists to explore new developments in socially engaged art practice. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,750	30/09/2020	"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 ....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."
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£146,385	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - CRF Round 2 Application
£35,727	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Queen's Park Cultural Capital Project
£40,000	13/03/2019 24	Bedford Creative Arts is a contemporary arts charity dedicated to commissioning high quality art with communities and working with artists to explore new developments in socially engaged art ....more Bedford Creative Arts is a contemporary arts charity dedicated to commissioning high quality art with communities and working with artists to explore new developments in socially engaged art practice. This grant will support Bedford Creative Arts to expand a successful pilot approach of co-creation with residents across a larger geographic area, test different methods of engagement, share skills and knowledge with key partners and develop a deeper understanding of the work's social impact.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bedford Creative Arts
£30,000	25/10/2013	The charity supports and commissions artists to develop new work. The Wellbeing project uses creativity to improve and maintain good mental health, to reduce isolation and to open opportunities up ....more The charity supports and commissions artists to develop new work. The Wellbeing project uses creativity to improve and maintain good mental health, to reduce isolation and to open opportunities up to people with mental health issues.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-65

ANITA KUMARI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of People & Operations

MARK CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

SAMANTHA MAITLAND (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Curator

SAMANTHA MATTHEWS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Communications And Partnerships

SUZETTE REED Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

TIM EDWARD PAIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/06/2007, number: 1119555
Registered at Companies House on 06/12/2004, number: 05305188

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
Investment
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

16 returns made; AR09: 1 days late, AR08: 2 days late,

Main office

Bedford Creative Arts Limited
Bedford Heights
Brickhill Drive
Bedford
MK41 7PH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS PRINCIPALLY WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF BEDFORD, BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE UK BY:-(A) OFFERING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP SKILLS, CONFIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE;(B) USING THE ARTS AS A TOOL TO IMPROVE SOCIAL WELFARE AND PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE BY RESPONDING TO THOSE NEEDS IDENTIFIED THROUGH CONTACT WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS AND OTHER AGENCIES;(C) ACTIVELY ENGAGING PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM PROVISION OF ARTS EDUCATION FOR REASON OF DISABILITY, SOCIAL, CULTURAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE (BY SEEKING TO MAKE ACTIVITIES PHYSICALLY, INTELLECTUALLY, SOCIALLY, CULTURALLY AND FINANCIALLY ACCESSIBLE;(D) ENABLING EVERYONE TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT FREELY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO ENJOY THE ARTS AND ITS BENEFITS;(E) PROMOTING, IMPROVING, ADVANCING AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY ACTS PRACTICE, THROUGH A PROGRAMME OF TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS AND EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BEDFORD

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