Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 17

ARTIFICATION

ARTification undertakes promotion of the arts & culture for the benefit of the people of the Acton wards of LB Ealing and beyond by:-operating the W3 Gallery which offers public exhibitions-facilitating creation of new public art-facilitating events & celebrations-providing creative/arts/heritage workshops-promoting arts & culture

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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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
31/03/23	£150	£170	£-20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/22	£153	£160	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/21	£99	£107	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/20	£58	£153	£-95	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/19	£243	£101	£142	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/18	£47	£20	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£85	£80	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£57	£25	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£78	£63	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£66	£54	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

https://www.artification.org.uk/

rachel@artification.org.uk

07582138663

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Ealing,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

City Bridge Trust	£56,150
Trust for London	£40,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£15,620
Co-Operative Group	£7,299

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to ARTification
£26,150	31/01/2024	£26,150 over two further and final years (£12,450; £13,700) towards Urban Oasis project costs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ARTification
£2,253	22/10/2022	We would like to bring the community together by sowing, growing, harvesting and cooking food, and eating together to tackle, food poverty, isolation.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ARTification
£1,993	23/10/2021	Our aim is to safely engage local people through green activities, building local engagement with the park and promoting good health and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Acton Grow and Create - Theraputic workshops for 18 - 24 y/o
£5,636	17/09/2021	The funding is being used to help young people manage and recover from mental health challenges including depression and anxiety through art gardening and cooking.
Trust for London - ARTification
£40,000	14/10/2020 24	The funding is for a part-time Project Co-ordinator to co-ordinate the delivery of community exhibitions, workshops, drop-in activities and events. These will be delivered from the W3 Gallery and ....more The funding is for a part-time Project Co-ordinator to co-ordinate the delivery of community exhibitions, workshops, drop-in activities and events. These will be delivered from the W3 Gallery and Pavilion and through outreach activities partnering with community, faith and youth groups and residents associations.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to ARTification
£30,000	07/10/2020 36	£30,000 over three years (3 x £10,000) towards running costs of the Urban Oasis project in West London.
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Connections
£9,984	21/02/2020 9	The funding will be used to deliver regular sessions for community members learning about horticulture and growing food. The project aims to bring people together and improve a community-use green ....more The funding will be used to deliver regular sessions for community members learning about horticulture and growing food. The project aims to bring people together and improve a community-use green space.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ARTification
£3,053	15/11/2019	We want to develop the W3 gallery as a cultural hub with dynamic arts activities, supporting the growth of a vibrant cultural community.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to ARTification
£65,900	04/02/2015	East Acton: Old Town, New Town
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to ARTification
£54,800	03/07/2013	Acton: What Went Before

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

SULAIMAN OTHMAN Appointed: 2023

BARRY KHWATENGE Appointed: 2022

RACHAEL OWHIN Appointed: 2020

SARAH CONSTABLE Appointed: 2022

TIMOTHY OWEN Appointed: 2013

WILLIAM BRUCE HARRON Appointed: 2015

DR SUSAN EDWARDS Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: ADVANCE ADVOCACY AND NON-VIOLENCE COMMUNITY EDUCATION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/05/2013, number: 1152149

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

W3 Gallery
185 High Street
Acton
W3 9DJ

Objectives

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND THEIR PUBLIC APPRECIATION IN THE ACTON WARDS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF EALING AND SURROUNDING AREAS2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND DIFFERENT CULTURES AND HERITAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

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