Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    • Grant maker support: +2
    Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

    ACTIVE ARTS CASTLE VALE 

    AACV creates opportunities to enjoy and participate in arts and cultural activities, bringing people together and supporting the development of knowledge, skills and aspiration in the community. We create programmes of participatory activities in partnership with various agencies, e.g. housing association, school, youth centres, etc and with professional arts organisations and artists.
    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

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
    • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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
    31/03/21£25£28£-3n/an/an/an/an/a16
    31/03/20£18£14£3n/an/an/an/an/a35
    31/03/19£18£18£0n/an/an/an/an/a30
    31/03/18*£9£8£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17*£19£24£-4£0£0£0n/a012
    31/03/16*£66£60£6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15*£50£53£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£78£85£-7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13*£24£18£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12*£12£15£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11*£50£49£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10*£17£16£1£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 15 years
    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Community services
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Birmingham City,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 16 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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Birmingham City Council - Active Arts
    £10,000 03/03/2021
    Smiles and spirit - Erdington local newspapers to thousands of people from the Erdington Community, Erdington Mix - to reduce social isolation to the over 50's. Remastering Mothers - to regenerate ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Active Erdington Local Response
    £10,000 29/05/2020
    6
    The funding will be used to deliver pamphlets that has vital information of crisis help and community support and wellbeing activities for vulnerable people during the coronavirus pandemic. The ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Butterfly Effect
    £50,000 27/11/2014
    12
    Not Available
    Birmingham City Council - Urban Street Art Project
    £5,800 22/08/2014
    URBAN STREET ART PROJECT; Arts and culture;

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/07/2009, number: 1130759
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    12 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 190 days late, AR16: 532 days late, AR15: 2 days late, AR13: 40 days late, AR12: 115 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 18 days late,
    Main office

    57 BLEAK HILL ROAD
    BIRMINGHAM
    B23 7EJ

    Objectives

    TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE CREATIVE ARTS, BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A REGULAR ARTS PROGRAMME.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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