Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 10

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 3

KIRKGATE ARTS

Kirkgate Arts celebrates the arts and the creativity, culture and heritage of the communities of Cockermouth and the wider region of West Cumbria. At our venue, the Kirkgate Centre, we bring audiences, participants and diverse professional artists together and provide facilities and support to a wide range of other creative artists, community activities and businesses,

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 15 years

www.kirkgatearts.org.uk

admin@thekirkgate.com

01900 829966

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	*	£291	£325	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/22		£240	£223	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/21	*	£174	£239	£-66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	82
31/03/20		£174	£239	£-66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19?		£140	£159	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	90
31/08/18		£234	£255	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17		£301	£285	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£345	£366	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£461	£437	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14		£352	£325	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£306	£287	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12		£315	£311	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11		£279	£271	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10		£304	£248	£56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

Show more rows -->

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation

Who works here?

80 volunteers

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Cumbria,

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 Heritage Fund - Grant to Kirkgate Arts
£97,734	16/03/2023	Two Shoes
National Lottery Community Fund - Cooking at Kirkgate
£35,500	15/02/2023	This funding will support Kirkgate Arts to make improvements to their venue and to increase their community outreach. Funds will be used to complete their kitchen building project launch their new ....more This funding will support Kirkgate Arts to make improvements to their venue and to increase their community outreach. Funds will be used to complete their kitchen building project launch their new ‘Cooking at Kirkgate’ project and pay a community worker. The project aims to enable greater participation by the local community in activities that improve physical mental emotional and general wellbeing.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Kirkgate Arts
£67,100	25/06/2021	DOROTHY250 - Dorothy Wordsworth 250th Anniversary
National Lottery Community Fund - New windows - Kirkgate Centre community room
£9,515	12/03/2021 4	The funding will be used to replace the windows of the community room at the Kirkgate Centre in Cockermouth. This will improve the facilities of the rural area for community groups and residents to ....more The funding will be used to replace the windows of the community room at the Kirkgate Centre in Cockermouth. This will improve the facilities of the rural area for community groups and residents to continue to access a range of activities and events. This aims to reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Kirkgate Arts
£9,200	31/07/2018	Cockermouth and area: End of War and Aftermath
Power to Change - Kirkgate Arts
£83,854	30/06/2015 36	Grant to Kirkgate Arts
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Kirkgate Arts
£508,300	03/03/2015	Celebrating the heritage of the Kirkgate Centre and Cockermouth
National Lottery Community Fund - Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth: leading community recovery post floods
£492,562	10/11/2010 60	This project offers a multi-purpose arts centre for community activity for the people of Cockermouth in the aftermath of the floods that occurred in the area in November 2009. Since the floods, ....more This project offers a multi-purpose arts centre for community activity for the people of Cockermouth in the aftermath of the floods that occurred in the area in November 2009. Since the floods, Kirkgate Arts (KA) has played a key role in helping the town and its residents recover by holding regular social events for people affected by the flooding. The aim of the project in the short-term is to further develop this role as a focal point of community recovery.

Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 66-75

ANDREW SEMPLE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Civil Servant

ROBERT WILLIAM PRITCHARD Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

ROBERT HIGGINS Appointed: 2022

SUSAN MOSES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/11/2008, number: 1126602
Registered at Companies House on 27/06/2008, number: 06632306

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

14 returns made; AR23: 68 days late, AR21: 52 days late,

Main office

Kirkgate Arts
Kirkgate
COCKERMOUTH
CA13 9PJ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE A FACILITY FOR THE PROVISION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES.TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF COCKERMOUTH AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS BY THE DELIVERY OF (A) AND (B) ABOVE

Defined Area of Benefit:

COCKERMOUTH

Data Sources