Overall GiG Score: 24 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

ART AGAINST KNIVES 

ART AGAINST KNIVES works to reduce the root causes of knife crime through youth-led arts initiatives that provide an alternative to violent gang culture. Our vision is to create a platform for young people to engage with their local community through creative opportunities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 13 years

www.artagainstknives.com

hello@artagainstknives.com

02030047974

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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
31/12/22£584£616£-32£58£169£330.6113
31/12/21*£364£619£-255n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/20£650£506£144£44£456£1333.271
31/12/19£607£468£139£35£312£1403.665
31/12/18£374£288£86£0£0£0n/a06
31/12/17£254£247£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16?£247£200£47£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/15£143£135£8£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/14£80£83£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/13£95£66£29£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/12£73£73£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/11*£27£29£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 19%
Reserves/Spending: 0.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 6.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 11 employees
  • 3 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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£273,534
John Lyon's Charity£160,000
Youth Music£129,980
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£63,000
The London Community Foundation£46,714
Charles Hayward Foundation£40,000
The Berkeley Foundation£33,200
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - The LAB Music Studio
£100,000 25/10/2023
The LAB Music Studio
The Berkeley Foundation - Cost of Living Grant
£3,000 30/03/2023
One-off, unrestricted grant
The Berkeley Foundation - One-off grant
£200 20/03/2023
Unrestricted grant - Resilience Fund Panel
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Art Against Knives
£10,000 27/01/2023
Cost-of-Living Uplift
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to ART AGAINST KNIVES
£15,000 12/12/2022
Cost of Living Unrestricted Core Costs
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Art Against Knives
£8,000 06/05/2022
Jubilee Grant Restricted Project Funding
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Art Against Knives
£20,000 25/03/2022
In Our Hands (IOH) project - using community nail bars in Barnet to engage and support vulnerable young women
National Lottery Community Fund - NW9 Nails
£273,534 24/03/2022
This funding will enable the project to expand the scope reach and impact of one of their community nail bars and creative safe spaces for vulnerable girls and young women in Colindale North London. ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Recovery grant to Art Against Knives
£150,000 10/03/2022
Core Costs
The Berkeley Foundation - Resilience Fund
£30,000 05/01/2022
Resilience Fund - Year 1 Wave 1
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 03/12/2021
Art Against Knives Core Funding
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Art Against Knives
£20,000 26/01/2021
In Our Hands (IOH) project - using community nail bars in Barnet to engage and support vulnerable young women
Youth Music - The Lab Music Studio
£29,980 30/10/2020
The Lab Music Studio
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Art Against Knives
£9,288 06/10/2020
5
Growing our digital delivery/offer - our new C19-safe blended delivery model
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Art Against Knives
£5,000 28/05/2020
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Art Against Knives, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Art Against Knives
£37,426 27/04/2020
… fully adapting our services for effective remote/online delivery and to reach more young people. We need to set up digital/IT infrastructure and content, upskill staff, boost communication ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Art Against Knives
£40,000 10/10/2019
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£140,112 01/01/2019
The Creative Studio will provide a consistent programme of creative activity and specialist support for young people at risk of exclusion or involvement in criminal activity. Open all year round, the ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£9,989 01/01/2019
Participants will strengthen *their personal and emotional capabilities, i.e. increased self-awareness, confidence, emotional resilience and self-management *their educational capabilities, i.e. ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Art Against Knives
£7,300 04/12/2018
To support young people at risk of crime by providing opportunities to produce music.
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£3,740 04/12/2018
We are going to open our 3rd community nail bar on Grahame Park Estate, Barnet. It will be a creative, learning and social space, building the capabilities of vulnerable young women at risk of abuse ....more
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Art Against Knives
£75,000 12/10/2018
36
Creative Director post - an arts and youth engagement/education specialist to work across our projects and spaces over 2 years
Youth Music - The LAB
£29,970 09/03/2018
The LAB
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 03/11/2017
Core running costs for our financial year 2018
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Art Against Knives
£109,500 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' salary of an IDVA Specialist Support Worker at a project supporting vulnerable young women involved or at risk of domestic violence, sexual exploitation or unhealthy ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Art Against Knives
£95,000 03/03/2017
36
over three years towards the salary of a new programme manager for a project working with young women at risk of youth violence in Barnet _x000D_
Youth Music - The LAB
£29,944 21/04/2016
The LAB
The Fore - Grant to Art Against Knives
£27,510 29/09/2015
12
Grant funded the strategic development of the organisation to strengthen its longer term sustainability.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-47
  • JAMES POLE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/03/2011, number: 1140866
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/12/2010, number: 07462800
Gift Aid
  • 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; AR21: 1 days late, AR11: 68 days late,
Main office

Art Against Knives Ltd
21-27 Lambs Conduit Street
London
WC1N 3GS

Objectives

ART AGAINST KNIVESCHARITABLE OBJECTS1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROMOTION OF YOUTH-LED CREATIVE PROJECTS IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR IN THE FIELD OF THE CREATIVE ARTS.3. THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY AND OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES FACING SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CHANGE.4. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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