Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 8
    • No volunteer policy: -2
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +8
    Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

    THE MIGHTY CREATIVES 

    The Mighty Creatives is the children and young people's creative development agency. Our work involves finding creative solutions to the opportunities and challenges in young lives. We do this by helping children and young people (age 0 to 25) use their creativity to: Realise their rights; Reach their potential; Make a difference.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
    Established: 15 years

    www.themightycreatives.com

    info@themightycreatives.com

    01162616834

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    UN SDGs
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    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£2,253£2,368£-115£0£852£7793.9167
    31/03/22£4,097£3,914£183£0£967£5241.6167
    31/03/21£1,466£1,142£324£7£784£3013.2180
    31/03/20£1,366£1,266£100£8£460£2382.3150
    31/03/19£1,577£1,462£115£5£360£2141.8160
    31/03/18£1,410£1,661£-250£0£244£1491.1170
    31/03/17£1,315£1,479£-164£0£495£2011.6200
    31/03/16£1,356£1,148£208£0£659£2442.6200
    31/03/15£1,438£1,948£-510£12£451£2361.5210
    31/03/14£1,475£1,537£-62£13£961£2582220
    31/03/13£1,417£1,351£66£12£1,023£2382.1270
    31/03/12*£3,941£3,344£597£14£957£1970.7260
    31/03/11*£3,825£3,717£107£10£360£1300.4280
    31/03/10£3,077£2,883£194£13£252£690.3250

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 17%
    Liabilities/Income: 8%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
    Reserves/Spending: 3.9 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
    Quick Ratio: 5.1
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Makes Grants to Individuals
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    Who works here?
    • 16 employees
    • 7 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£538,054
    BBC Children in Need£156,314
    The Foyle Foundation£25,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    DCMS - Transition Fund
    £461,595 07/02/2023
    In recognition of the challenges facing organisations leaving the National Portfolio and as a way of improving the support we provide to them, we will provide a transition period for those who were ....more
    DCMS - Investment funds
    £8,100 27/01/2023
    We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. 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 ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Mighty Creatives
    £78,186 03/02/2022
    This project will deliver 1:1 Creative Mentoring for Looked After Children in the East Midlands. The aim is to increase emotional resilience and the confidence to make positive decisions, and to ....more
    The Foyle Foundation - Arts
    £25,000 16/09/2021
    towards Creative Mentoring, a professional practice development programme for creative practitioners to work with children and young people with a social worker across the East Midlands
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Mighty Creatives
    £75,128 09/09/2020
    18
    COVID19 - This project will deliver 1:1 Creative Mentoring for Looked After Children, isolated due to Covid-19. This will result in improved life skills, increased self belief and ability to respond ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Mighty Creatives
    £3,000 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant will fund IT/digital equipment such as laptops, dongles and earphones to connect isolated looked after children during Covid 19. Young people will feel better connected and ....more
    DCMS - Bridge Expansion 2020/21
    £53,359 01/04/2020
    The wider aim of the scheme is: 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 ....more
    DCMS - Lets Create Boxes - Spring 2020
    £15,000 01/04/2020
    The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Splash! Community Builders
    £10,000 26/09/2019
    12
    The funding will be used to provide volunteer opportunities for people who are living with disabilities. The project aims to create new opportunities for personal development and help people fulfil ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Mighty Creatives
    £108,036 27/06/2018
    36
    This project will provide a six month employment transition programme for care leavers. Outcomes include improved skills, the ability to make indpendent decisions and improved relationships with ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Mighty Creatives
    £19,878 08/05/2018
    24
    This project runs weekly sessions to support 16-18 year olds to lead social action and activities and creative workshops. Young people will gain life skills, confidence and improve relationships with ....more
    Spirit of 2012 - Emerge
    £1,000,000 13/04/2016
    A project delivering a series of youth verbal arts festivals across the Midlands - for young people, by young people in collaboration with young artists. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Mighty Creatives (TMC)
    £120,000 18/12/2013
    Towards costs associated with OurWorld, a scheme that supports young people to explore and take action on issues that matter to them.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Route One
    £10,000 20/06/2013
    12
    This is a project by a charity in Leicester. The group will use the funding for a creative careers advice pilot project targeting young people who are disengaged with education, in extracurricular ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Leadership Skills and Curator Training Programme
    £10,000 19/05/2011
    12
    This is a project by a charity in Leicester. The group will use funding to deliver a three-day residential programme for young people to take part in training related to leading, curating and ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (6)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 5/6 persons

    Age Range of Trustees: 29-58
    • JANE HALLAS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Employment Law Solicitor
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/04/2009, number: 1129006
    • Registered at Companies House on 21/07/2008, number: 06652046
    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
    • 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
    Filing Record
    14 returns made; AR12: 22 days late, AR11: 39 days late,
    Main office

    LCB DEPOT
    31 RUTLAND STREET
    LEICESTER
    LE1 1RE

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR AND WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING WORDS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO WORK WITH THEM IN A CREATIVE CONTEXT.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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