Overall GiG Score: 21 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 14
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +14

COUNTERPOINTS ARTS 

To support, produce and promote the arts by and about migrants and refugees, seeking to ensure their cultural and artistic contributions are recognised and welcomed within British arts, history and culture
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 11 years

www.counterpointsarts.org.uk

hello@counterpointsarts.org.uk

02070121761

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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£582£648£-66£0£549£3636.783
31/03/22£693£534£159£0£615£3768.595
31/03/21£619£513£105£0£456£1623.895
31/03/20£672£533£138£0£351£1042.375
31/03/19£558£510£48£0£212£1102.6615
31/03/18£348£413£-65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£461£374£87£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£342£293£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£300£323£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£135£211£-76£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 66%
Reserves/Spending: 6.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 40.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Who works here?
  • 8 employees
  • 3 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

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
Esmee Fairbairn£438,000
Comic Relief£429,500
Unbound Philanthropy£270,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£227,500
DCMS£81,472
AB Charitable Trust£45,000
John Ellerman Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to COUNTERPOINTS ARTS
£190,000 19/07/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs to enable work on diversifying and mainstreaming experiences of displacement and migration through ambitious arts-centred and collaborative approaches
John Ellerman Foundation - Footnote-Counterpoints writing prize, to celebrate the contribution refugees and migrants make to arts, culture and society
£15,000 25/05/2023
Footnote-Counterpoints writing prize, to celebrate the contribution refugees and migrants make to arts, culture and society
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting a thriving civil society
£8,000 18/01/2023
Core funding for their work to support, produce and promote the arts by and about refugees and people who migrate to the UK.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Counterpoints Arts
£15,000 06/10/2022
A restricted grant of £15,000 towards UK work (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Counterpoint Arts works to support and produce the arts by and about migrants and refugees aiming ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Counterpoints Arts
£15,000 01/07/2021
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Counterpoint Arts work to support, produce and promote the arts by and about migrants and refugees, supporting artistic development and aiming to change perceptions ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Counterpoints Arts
£38,000 23/06/2021
Towards core costs from the Reinvent Performing Arts Fund
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Counterpoints Arts
£270,000 10/11/2020
36
For general support of an organization using the arts to inspire social change and enhance inclusion and cultural integration of refugees and migrants
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£19,500 05/08/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Comic Relief - Supporting arts/ cultural needs and networks
£30,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Counterpoints Arts
£30,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£81,472 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more
Comic Relief - Arts, Pop Culture & Social Change
£399,500 17/03/2020
36
Based on the highly successful Refugee Week model, Counterpoints Arts will commission artists from refugee communities in UK, Greece and Germany to produce public works of art that spark interest, ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Counterpoints Arts
£15,000 10/10/2019
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Counterpoints Arts support and produce arts by and about migrants and refugees, in order to inspire social change and enhance inclusion and cultural integration of ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting a thriving civil society
£200,000 18/09/2019
60
Core funding for their work to support, produce and promote the arts by and about refugees and people who migrate to the UK.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Counterpoints Arts
£180,000 22/05/2019
36
Towards core costs supporting artists from migrant backgrounds and utilising arts and culture to strengthen civic alliances and tackle community divisions and attitudes towards migration.
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Counterpoints Arts
£180,000 31/01/2019
24
For general support of an organization using the arts to inspire social change and enhance inclusion and cultural integration of refugees and migrants
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Counterpoints Arts
£10,000 24/04/2018
£10,000 towards core costs. Counterpoints Arts support and produce arts by and about migrants and refugees, in order to inspire social change and enhance inclusion and cultural integration of ....more
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Counterpoints Arts
£120,000 15/11/2017
30
To develop a strategy for using popular culture to advance public understanding of migrants and refugees in the UK. 
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Counterpoints Arts
£180,000 27/02/2017
24
For support to develop creative projects which represent the stories and experiences of refugees and migrants
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Integration through place-based arts
£59,500 17/10/2016
18
Counterpoints Arts supports and produces arts by and about refugees and migrants, and aims to ensure that their contributions are recognised and welcomed in the UK. Counterpoints Arts aims to ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Counterpoints Arts
£135,000 02/09/2015
36
Towards core costs of an organisation comprising creative arts and cultural projects exploring refugee and migrant experiences.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core support to underpin the salaries of the Co-Directors
£80,000 28/10/2013
Counterpoints Arts is a hub of creative arts and cultural projects exploring refugee and migrant experiences through participatory arts and media projects.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Counterpoints Arts
£60,000 29/01/2013
Towards core costs of a new creative hub for migration and refugees.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 23-57
  • HUDA JAWAD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director
  • NAIMA KHAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director, Inclusive Mosque Initiative
  • SAHAR HALAIMZAI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Deputy Director Of Civic Engagement Project
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/12/2012, number: 1150079
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/05/2012, number: 08062988
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

Hoxton Workspace Ltd
Hoxton Works
Unit 2.3
128 Hoxton Street
LONDON

Objectives

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO (A) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND (B) THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:-RESEARCHING INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES -EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS -RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES -PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS -PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BY INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONSFOR THE BENEFIT OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AND THE WIDER PUBLIC AND THROUGH THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: PROMOTING THE ARTS, HERITAGE AND CULTURE, THROUGH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH) AND BY UNDERTAKING AND PROMOTING SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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