Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

TURF PROJECTS

TURF ARE A NON-PROFIT ARTIST-RUN PROJECT LOCATED IN CROYDON. WE SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTS & CURATORS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A HIGH QUALITY AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME OF FREE EXHIBITIONS, TALKS & EVENTS.RUN BY A GROUP OF ARTISTS, TURF IS PART OF A GROWING ARTISTIC COMMUNITY THAT AIM TO PROVIDE WORKSPACE, EXHIBITION & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS & THE CROYDON COMMUNITY.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely female?
  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
28/02/23£325£171£154n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/22*£136£142£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/21£227£62£165n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/20£162£169£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/19£177£186£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/18£172£173£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/17£93£101£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/16£51£45£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.turf-projects.com

info@turf-projects.com

020 3251 0108

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Croydon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£100,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
The Foyle Foundation£10,000
Greater London Authority£5,995
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Turf Projects
£5,995 09/03/2023
This funding is to support learning Disabled Artists that will undertake workshops with local people to create and install a new mosaic in Park Hill Park, Croydon. This mosaic will represent their stories.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting local artist collectives
£100,000 18/07/2022
Turf Projects is a grassroots, artist-run, free, contemporary art space in Croydon which hosts two artist collectives, MOSS (a collective of local learning disabled artists) and Art Press (a collective of Croydon artists aged 13-18). This grant will ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 17/09/2021
Turf Projects Revenue Grant
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£10,000 16/09/2021
towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Turf Projects
£3,677 15/11/2019
We want to train our staff, develop our access resources and purchase equipment to make our programmes more accessible and inclusive.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bridging Art Press & MOSS
£9,370 18/01/2019
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The project will create artistic opportunities for young disabled people.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Turf Projects
£6,078 29/11/2017
Help us provideweekly art workshops for a year to the Makers of Stuff Squad, a group of adults living with learning disabilities
Greater London Authority - Grant to Turf Projects
£15,950 08/06/2015
Mayor's High Street Fund - bring vacant shop unit into use with artist led programme of events
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • CAROLINE DAWSON Appointed: 2021
  • CONNIE BUTLER Appointed: 2022
  • EMILY MARSH Appointed: 2022
  • GRACE CRANNIS Appointed: 2023
  • KATRINA MAN Appointed: 2023
  • UGOCHUKWU KELECHI OKOROAFOR Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/02/2015, number: 1160527
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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
8 returns made; AR22: 33 days late,
Main office

46-47 Whitgift Centre
CROYDON
CR0 1UQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:-(A)CREATING HIGH QUALITY EXHIBITIONS AND ARTS EVENTS FOR CROYDON THAT ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC;(B)CONTRIBUTING TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARTS IN THE AREA BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL CROYDON RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN ARTS ACTIVITIES; AND(C)SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTS WHO ARE IN CHARITABLE NEED SUCH AS YOUNG ARTISTS STARTING OUT IN LIFE OR ARTISTS THAT ARE DEMONSTRABLY POOR BY CREATING EXHIBITION AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CROYDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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