Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

BRIDGING ARTS 

To advance education for the public benefit by the promotion of the arts, in particular but not exclusively the art of: drama, performing arts, visual arts, music, filmmaking, digital media, and combined arts activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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 has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/05/23£1£6£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/22£11£6£5n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/05/21£1£6£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/20£21£13£7n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/05/19£19£14£5n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/05/18£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/17£1£10£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/16£11£3£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/15£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/14£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years
(21 years as a company)

www.bridging-arts.com

info@bridging-arts.com

07772128014

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bridging Arts
£6,600 13/03/2019
Creating a legacy: Gathering together Cornwall's WW1 Stories for future generations
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bridging Arts
£8,000 09/05/2018
Cornwall celebrates its WW1 heritage through Camborne Youth Band visit to France and Menin Gate
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bridging Arts
£3,100 14/03/2018
Hayle's WW1 history: poetry and research inspired by memorials, factory sites and mining history

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/02/2013, number: 1150696
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/05/2003, number: 04777684
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

Bolankan
Crowan
Praze
CAMBORNE
TR14 9ND

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF: DRAMA, PERFORMING ARTS, VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC, FILMMAKING, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND COMBINED ARTS ACTIVITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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