Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

CREATIVE SPARKWORKS 

We deliver visual art, film & media. craft, skills & employment training courses to unemployed young adults, young offenders, economically & socially disadvantaged local residents & mental health service users. Our activities are tailored to meet the needs of our client base: film making, murals, printmaking, ceramics & mosaics.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 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: 12 years

www.creative-sparkworks.org

info@creative-sparkworks.org

07890987586

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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
02/08/22£115£129£-14n/an/an/an/an/a0
02/08/21£93£100£-7n/an/an/an/an/a0
02/08/20£111£89£22n/an/an/an/an/a0
02/08/19£75£71£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
02/08/18£96£98£-2£0£0£0n/a05
02/08/17£92£93£-1£0£0£0n/a00
02/08/16£77£71£6£0£0£0n/a00
02/08/15£51£47£4£0£0£0n/a00
02/08/14£57£59£-2£0£0£0n/a00
02/08/13£53£52£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Croydon, Hackney, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Wandsworth,

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
Walcot Foundation£126,079
National Lottery Community Fund£9,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£6,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Walcot Foundation - Cost of Living Top-Up Grant
£2,500 18/11/2022
Cost of Living Top Up Grant awarded to support small/medium-size organisations with additional costs incurred due to the cost of living crisis.
Walcot Foundation - Steps and Sparks to Work
£99,600 26/07/2021
24
A partnership between Creative Sparkworks and Iconic Steps that will help low income Lambeth residents gain access to the film and media industry. This will include hands-on technical craft and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Paintin' the Lambeth Walk Oi!
£9,000 18/06/2021
The funding will be used to create a community mural to bring local residents together to celebrate the past present and future history of Lambeth Walk. The project aims to increase social ....more
Walcot Foundation - COVID19 - Digi-Sparks Ignites Your Online Career
£23,979 07/09/2020
12
A 20 week (3 days a week) remotely delivered training and mentoring opportunity that will work with 15 unemployed young Lambeth residents to improve their digital and freelance employment skills and ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Creative Sparkworks
£6,000 04/11/2019
purchase of audio visual equipment for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in Lambeth
Walcot Foundation - Learn2Film2£arn
£74,853 18/07/2017
36
Learn2Film2£arn
Walcot Foundation - Learn2film2£arn
£36,245 21/07/2015
24
Learn2film2£arn
London Catalyst - Creative Sparkworks - 1
£2,500 02/09/2013
Salary of Co-ordinator / Broker for North Lambeth Time Bank
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Neighbourhood Movieworks' - Youth Media Training Workshops
£10,000 02/05/2013
12
This is a project by a charity in Lambeth. The group will use the funding to deliver employment skills and training workshops for young people who are NEET. This will provide them with the relevant ....more
Walcot Foundation - Learn2Earn Market Stall Project
£8,260 25/05/2012
Learn2Earn Market Stall Project
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ALAN OGDEN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/04/2012, number: 1146863
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/04/2011, number: 07610796
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
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

157 Lambeth Walk
Lambeth
London
SE11 6EE

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE YOUNG PEOPLE IN LIFE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH ACCREDITED EDUCATIONAL CREATIVE ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY; 2)TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF YOUNG OFFENDERS AND THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK OF OFFENDING BY EDUCATING SUCH PEOPLE IN THE ARTS WITH THE AIM OF ASSISTING SUCH PEOPLE TO RE-INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SKILLS TO HELP THEM FIND EMPLOYMENT AND REHABILITATE THEMSELVES; 3)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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