Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 9
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Very static board: -5
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

COMPANY PARADISO 

The Charity's purpose as set out in the objects, contained in the company's memorandum and articles, is to advance education for the public benefit by the promotion of the arts.The Charity has determined that it will carry out this purpose through its mission which is to enable people to tell their stories.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

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
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 15 years
(27 years as a company)

www.companyparadiso.co.uk

info@companyparadiso.co.uk

07866981421

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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
31/10/22£26£30£-4n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/10/21*£15£14£2n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/10/20£17£14£3n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/10/19£21£20£1n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/10/18*£29£28£1£0£0£0n/a08
31/10/17£37£34£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16*£19£20£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£20£20£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14£36£38£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£43£39£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12£28£29£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£32£40£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10£46£36£10£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 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£30,000
DCMS£17,900
Sussex Community Foundation£8,700
National Lottery Heritage Fund£4,300
The Foyle Foundation£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellbeing Support and Arts Activities for Vulnerable Young People
£10,000 29/06/2023
The funding will be used to continue delivery of weekly creative arts sessions and support for young people living with multiple challenges. The project aims to reduce isolation and increase ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£2,000 11/07/2022
towards the weekly drop-in ‘Art Doors’ project and extending it until August 2023
DCMS - Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
£17,900 23/03/2022
National Lottery Project Grants is our open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations.
National Lottery Community Fund - Activities supporting young people's wellbeing and social confidence
£10,000 10/09/2021
This project will support disadvantaged young people aged 14 to 24 by offering weekly drop in sessions that improve wellbeing and social confidence. The drop in will include social time ice breakers ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Company Paradiso
£3,700 12/03/2021
7
Funding was provided towards running their regular weekly drop-in for young people.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Company Paradiso
£4,300 30/07/2020
COVID19 Company Paradiso
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting young people in the COVID 19 crisis
£10,000 07/05/2020
11
The funding will be used to provide activities practical advice and care to young people from low income backgrounds. The project aims to support the community through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Company Paradiso
£5,000 05/07/2019
11
Funding was provided for project costs associated with running a weekly drop-in for young people for one year.
National Lottery Community Fund - Young People's Environmental Art Project
£10,000 21/03/2019
12
The project will use funding to provide a youth club creative arts project for disadvantaged young people not in education or employment and who have physical, learning & mental health ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Company Paradiso
£12,000 14/03/2018
24
towards two years' running costs of 'The Rally Project', a weekly drop-in group in West Sussex for disadvantaged young people
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 15/01/2018
The 'Rally' Project Youth Night
National Lottery Community Fund - The 'Rally' Project Creative Arts Night
£10,000 18/10/2017
12
This organisation will continue to deliver a weekly youth night for young people aged 14-24 and will engage them in a range of creative, positive activities with the aim of improving their mental ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Company Paradiso
£31,000 11/10/2016
The 'Rally' Project - valuing the natural heritage of West Sussex
National Lottery Community Fund - The Blame Game project for children and adults
£10,000 12/08/2015
12
The organisation will use the funding to offer weekly workshops and support sessions for children in care and adults with mental health issues, to help them cope with their social, emotional and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Creativity and Relationships' inter-generational project
£10,000 29/04/2014
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Transformations
£10,000 25/04/2013
12
This is a project by an incorporated charity in Brighton. The organisation will use the funding to deliver a six month programme of workshops and mentoring on topics such as writing and creating ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-68
  • STEVE HILL Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Arts & Heritage Officer (Local Gov)
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/07/2009, number: 1130701
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/10/1996, number: 03263747
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR21: 7 days late, AR18: 121 days late, AR16: 15 days late,
Main office

34 RIVERBANK
SHOREHAM-BY-SEA
BN43 5YH

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:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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