Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 5

MAGIC CARPET (EXETER)

Magic Carpet run a range creative groups and activities for people with learning disabilities, mental health issues, carers and others. In our groups we encourage volunteers and have manageable numbers of participants, encouraging each person to fully take part in their group.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly female
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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/03/23		£97	£113	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/22		£130	£126	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21	*	£76	£75	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/20		£155	£102	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/19		£88	£98	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/18		£79	£93	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£112	£95	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£91	£95	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£95	£95	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£97	£108	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£144	£154	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£148	£156	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£215	£187	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£120	£112	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£80	£105	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

www.magiccarpet-arts.co.uk

info@magiccarpet-arts.co.uk

01392422938

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Devon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£68,194
DCMS	£47,414
Devon Community Foundation	£12,000
The Foyle Foundation	£9,500
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Inky Fingers Workshop
£9,340	09/12/2022	The funding will be used craft workshops for people with mixed ability and create things such as notebooks gift tags bookmarks etc. They have a zero waste approach leading to interesting project ....more The funding will be used craft workshops for people with mixed ability and create things such as notebooks gift tags bookmarks etc. They have a zero waste approach leading to interesting project design. The project aims to improve areas such as dexterity and co-ordination as well as build social connections.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Magic Carpet (Exeter) - 29/09/22
£2,000	24/10/2022	Core Funding
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	20/09/2022	towards core costs in yearend March 2023 (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Devon Community Foundation - Support to Succeed
£10,000	12/05/2022	12 month Pilot of weekly workshops for individuals diagnosed with Personality Disorders who have spent time in prison.
Devon Community Foundation - Right to Write
£2,000	03/11/2021	Pilot project of therapeutic storytelling workshops with participants exploring moments of significant change in their individual stories.
National Lottery Community Fund - Inky Fingers
£9,977	27/08/2021	The funding will be used to deliver repurposing workshops to vulnerable people including people with disabilities mental health issues and those who are homeless.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£20,144	26/08/2020	"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 - What's Next
£27,270	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - Inclusive Opportunities Devon
£38,880	06/01/2020 17	Magic Carpet aims to inspire personal growth and well-being via access to the creative arts aimed at those who face additional needs and those with enduring mental health issues. They are working ....more Magic Carpet aims to inspire personal growth and well-being via access to the creative arts aimed at those who face additional needs and those with enduring mental health issues. They are working with 3 smaller charities, and, together, will use this funding to assist them in wider consultation with PLD and their families/carers; to research and take learning from best practice elsewhere in the Country; to identify and map providers locally and to further build the partnership, known as 'Inclusive Opportunities Devon'. This will enable them to have a voice in shaping creative services and support other VCSE by sharing their learning and experience of working with this cohort to improve quality of provision and access across services.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,500	28/11/2019	towards the continuation and expansion of arts activities for people with mental health problems
National Lottery Community Fund - Looking after Number 1
£9,997	03/10/2019 12	Looking after Number 1
National Lottery Community Fund - Everybody Can!
£9,976	22/06/2018 12	The funding will be used to run creative sessions to promote mental wellbeing. The project aims to provide support and reduce social isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Shoulder to Shoulder
£10,000	11/06/2014 12	Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Magic Carpet - Exeter
£22,000	27/04/2012	the salary and on costs of the Opportunities Worker and a contribution to project operating costs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Magic Carpet
£24,668	16/06/2009 24	Towards Project costs Towards the costs of 'Say-NO-2-Bullying' a theatre project through which people with learning disabilities can challenge bullying.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-56

ALISON RIDOUT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Charity Worker

ANDREA GALLAGHER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance Educator

JAMIE LOUISE JONES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Operations Manager

JEANETTE SANDERSON (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Volunteer

KARA LOUISE REANEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Project Manager

MARK JULIEN HODGSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Finance Systems Trainer

REBECCA LOUISE HARMER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor

DAISY MAYA BINNIE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Sen Education

DR KATHERINE NEWSTEAD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: University Lecturer

NATALIE VIZARD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Marketing Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/02/2008, number: 1122778
Registered at Companies House on 19/12/2007, number: 06457745

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
Paying staff
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

15 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR16: 4 days late,

Main office

Exeter Phoenix
Bradninch Place
Gandy Street
Exeter
EX4 3LS

Objectives

TO USE CREATIVE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS ARTS, MUSIC, GAMES AND DRAMA TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO HAVE PHYSICAL OR LEARNING DISABILITIES, OR MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES TO ASSIST THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBER OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE EXETER.

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