Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 8

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:

The Board is 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

Established: 9 years

www.turf-projects.com

info@turf-projects.com

020 3251 0108

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
28/02/23		£325	£171	£154	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
28/02/22	*	£136	£142	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
28/02/21		£227	£62	£165	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
29/02/20		£162	£169	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	19
28/02/19		£177	£186	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	29
28/02/18		£172	£173	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/17		£93	£101	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/02/16		£51	£45	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Croydon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 volunteers

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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

Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£100,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
The Foyle Foundation	£10,000
Greater London Authority	£5,995
Co-Operative Group	£3,677

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 ....more 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 ....more 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 support these collectives to regain their access to the arts post pandemic, promote collaboration, fund associated staff costs and develop an impact measurement system.
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 12	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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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
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Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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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

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