Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 3

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 1

THE LETTERING & COMMEMORATIVE ARTS TRUST

We encourage the UK's tradition of lettercarving to flourish through our Apprenticeship Scheme, Lettercarving Workshops, regular exhibitions, the Art & Memory Collection and illustrated publications. We also help and advise people with the commissioning of unique memorials and other lettered works,

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 12 years

www.letteringartstrust.org.uk

finance@letteringartstrust.org.uk

01728688393

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£173	£159	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/21	*	£219	£172	£47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/20		£115	£149	£-33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/12/19		£203	£202	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/12/18		£185	£234	£-49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	3
31/12/17		£240	£212	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£149	£193	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15?		£192	£210	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/14		£212	£183	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/13		£319	£191	£128	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Lettering & Commemorative Arts Trust
£1,000	20/03/2023	to support Britain's long tradition of letter-carving in stone, slate and wood to flourish through Apprenticeship and Journeyman Schemes
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Lettering & Commemorative Arts Trust
£1,000	20/04/2022	to support Britain's long tradition of letter-carving in stone, slate and wood to flourish through Apprenticeship and Journeyman Schemes
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Lettering & Commemorative Arts Trust
£1,000	15/03/2021	to support Britain's long tradition of letter-carving in stone, slate and wood to flourish through Apprenticeship and Journeyman Schemes
DCMS - CRF21:The Lettering and Commemorative Arts Trust
£21,000	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF20 The Lettering and Commemorative Arts Trust
£42,000	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Lettering & Commemorative Arts Trust
£1,000	03/04/2020	To support Britain's long tradition of letter-carving in stone, slate and wood to flourish through Apprenticeship and Journeyman Schemes
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	16/04/2019	The Lettering Arts Trust 2019 Exhibition Programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	21/11/2017	The Lettering Arts Trust 2017 Collaboration and Outreach Programme

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 54-68

CATHERINE SAMY (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Corporate Communications Consu

DR ELISABETH ASHBRIDGE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Letter Carver

ERIC MARLAND Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Lettering Artist

JOHN NICHOLAS HEATH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Surveyor, Other trusteeships: CAMBRIDGE SUMMER MUSIC LTD, THE CAMBRIDGE UNION SOCIETY,

KAROLINE NEWMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Public Relations Consultant

MARK JOHN NOAD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Graphic Designer

RON CLARKE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Finance Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/08/2012, number: 1148638
Registered at Companies House on 03/02/2012, number: 07936156

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR21: 73 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE MEMORIAL ARTS CHARITY on 10/11/2023

Main office

LETTERING ARTS TRUST
50 Princes Street
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 1RJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UK'S LETTERING TRADITION, PARTICULARLY CONCERNING LETTERING FOR MEMORIALS.

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