Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

CREATIVE FUTURES (UK) LIMITED 

Creative Futures (UK) Ltd is a multi-arts charity which delivers participatory creative and arts projects which raise aspiration and achievement for children and young people, especially in areas of deprivation in London and beyond. We offer services to educational establishments from Early Years upwards, as well as to local community organisations and other charities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 13 years

www.creativefuturesuk.com

hello@creativefuturesuk.com

02089642700

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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£368£413£-45n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£458£374£84n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/21£288£300£-12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£404£420£-16n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£379£357£23n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£285£237£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£283£245£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£215£232£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£214£251£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£414£303£111£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£139£94£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£29£16£12£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Youth Music£235,970
City Bridge Trust£98,200
John Lyon's Charity£77,200
The Foyle Foundation£45,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£40,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
DCMS£9,995
National Lottery Community Fund£9,510
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Creative Futures (UK) Limited
£98,200 24/02/2023
36
£98,200 over three years (£27,060, £34,365, £36,775) to support the Sounding Out programme which allows deaf and hearing-impaired children to participate in music, building confidence and ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Creative Futures
£5,200 05/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000 29/11/2022
towards core costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
John Lyon's Charity - Cultural Capital grant to Creative Futures
£29,500 17/11/2022
Music for Change 2023
Youth Music - Sound Communities (II)
£149,430 18/02/2022
Sound Communities (II)
John Lyon's Charity - Cultural Capital grant to Creative Futures
£32,700 14/07/2021
Our Story
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 09/04/2021
Music for Change (III) - supporting children's Executive Function
Youth Music - Sound & Symbol
£26,250 12/03/2021
Sound & Symbol
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£25,000 11/02/2021
to support deaf children’s communication and confidence through a music programme in two specialist schools
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding: Sound Communities
£40,000 16/12/2020
9
Creative Futures is a charity whose mission is to transform the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people through high quality targeted arts programmes. This grant enables the ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Creative Futures
£4,000 01/10/2020
12
Creative Club Pop-Up
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,995 29/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Creative Futures
£5,800 27/07/2020
12
Creative Club Pop-up
Youth Music - London Rhymes (Phase III)
£60,290 08/11/2019
London Rhymes (Phase III)
National Lottery Community Fund - Magpie Rhymes
£9,510 15/08/2019
12
Magpie Rhymes
Youth Music - Sounding Out (phase II)
£29,550 08/03/2019
Sounding Out (phase II)
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Creative Futures (UK) Limited
£76,200 23/10/2018
36
This project will deliver music sessions to children aged 0-9 who are in hospital with life limiting conditions or visual impairments. The activity will increase emotional and physical wellbeing, and ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Music for Change
£250,000 26/02/2018
36
Music for Change aims to improve the speech, language and communication skills of children aged 3 to 5. This initiative is directed towards children experiencing disadvantage, with English as an ....more
Youth Music - Music for Change (Phase II)
£30,000 17/11/2017
Music for Change (Phase II)
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Creative Futures (UK) Ltd
£45,100 27/06/2017
36
Band' programme - Covid-19 flexibility agreed
Youth Music - Music for Change (year2)
£30,000 21/07/2016
Music for Change (year2)
The Fore - Grant to Creative Futures
£20,000 29/09/2015
24
Grant funded the training and capacity building within the organisation to establish systems that can measure, quantify and communicate Creative Futures' social impact in preparation for making bids ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-80
  • MARCIA BENNIE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Fundraising Consultant
  • MARCUS JAMES (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Nursery Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/08/2011, number: 1143459
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/03/2011, number: 07578987
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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

Creative Futures
Beethoven Centre
Third Avenue
London

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: I.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, AND THEIR TEACHERS THROUGH IMAGINATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE ARTS-BASED PROJECTS WHICH STIMULATE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT; II. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH BY DELIVERING ARTS PROJECTS FOR THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OLDER PEOPLE, THE HOMELESS OR THOSE LIVING WITH LONG TERM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUES, IN ORDER TO RAISE SELF-ESTEEM, IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ENGAGE THEM WITH WIDER SOCIETY; III. TO ADVANCE THE ARTS GENERALLY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO ADVANCE MUSICAL EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES; AND IV. TO CONDUCT OR COMMISSION RESEARCH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SPECIFIC NEEDS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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