Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Return overdue: -3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

CREATIVITY WORKS PRESTON 

Creativity Works Preston provides alternative education to marginalised people who need to learn in a different way to the traditional education system.The crux of the learning environment and pedagogy is learning through doing. We do this by providing an inclusive, professional and supportive learning environment for individuals irrespective of their circumstances or background.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Latest return is overdue

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing

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
31/07/22£562£618£-56£0£5£50.1207
31/07/21*£635£600£35£0£61£0n/a205
31/07/20£407£443£-36n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/07/19£334£317£18n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/07/18£229£209£20£0£0£0n/a05
31/07/17£216£216£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£173£197£-24£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 94%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 9 years

www.creativityworskpreston.org.uk

steve@creativityworkspreston.org.uk

01772555123

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen, Blackpool, Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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 Creativity Works Preston
£45,474 20/07/2022
Musical Express
Youth Music - Music Makes Notes
£99,982 28/05/2021
Music Makes Notes
Youth Music - The Big Little Project
£80,527 10/05/2019
The Big Little Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Creativity Works Preston
£9,400 28/03/2018
My Preston-The peoples story
National Lottery Community Fund - Food Works
£9,050 14/02/2018
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The organisation will develop a disused part of their centre into a kitchen and learning facility, and run food and nutrition courses for young people who are disengaged from mainstream education and ....more
Youth Music - Music Works 4 all
£81,468 09/06/2017
Music Works 4 all
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Creativity Works Preston
£27,000 30/06/2015
Bits & Bytes-Retro Spective-Youth Culture in the 80s and today
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/03/2015, number: 1161063
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/04/2014, number: 08969288
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR21: 73 days late,
Main office

Creativity Works Preston
33 Shepherd Street
PRESTON
PR1 3YD

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING, LIFELONG LEARNING PACKAGES TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES LIVING IN LANCASHIRE SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCESS FUTURE EMPLOYMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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