Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 7

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 5

THE CREATIVE DIMENSION TRUST

The Creative Dimension Trust (TCDT) offers fine craft skills workshops for 14-19 year olds with exceptional talent and potential. The workshops are taught by Craft Specialists who are acknowledged leaders in their professions.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management 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

Established: 8 years

www.thecreativedimension.org

penny@thecreativedimension.org

07912882822

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£193	£142	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/22	£97	£150	£-53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/21	£149	£134	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/20	£339	£132	£206	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/19	£183	£120	£63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/18	£69	£91	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£152	£58	£93	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 55%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
14 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£90,000
John Lyon's Charity	£75,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£24,000
The Pilgrim Trust	£10,000
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Creative Dimension Trust
£24,000	02/11/2022	Main Grant Restricted to support leather workshops for young people
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - The Creative Dimension Trust
£5,000	02/06/2021	Towards core costs of thirty workshops and ten work experience placements to give young people the skills and confidence to pursue a career in which core hand skills are essential, e.g. creative, ....more Towards core costs of thirty workshops and ten work experience placements to give young people the skills and confidence to pursue a career in which core hand skills are essential, e.g. creative, architecture, engineering and surgery sectors.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to The Creative Dimension Trust
£75,000	18/06/2020 36	The Creative Dimension Trust Workshop Programme 2020 - 2022
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to The Creative Dimension Trust
£10,000	19/09/2019 1	Supporting workshops in Gilding, Pastiglia, Stone Letter Carving
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£90,000	18/06/2019	Workshops
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to The Creative Dimension Trust
£45,000	12/02/2019 24	Fine craft skills courses for 14-18 year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds. The courses are taught by Craft Specialists who are acknowledged leaders in their fields to inspire careers where hand ....more Fine craft skills courses for 14-18 year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds. The courses are taught by Craft Specialists who are acknowledged leaders in their fields to inspire careers where hand skills are required
Dulverton Trust - Craft Workshops
£30,000	13/06/2018	Craft Workshops
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to The Creative Dimension Trust
£20,000	24/05/2018 24	Supporting six workshops in stone working, wood carving, gilding and verre eglomise
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Creative Dimension Trust
£20,000	24/07/2017	Main Grant unrestricted core costs

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW EDWARDS Appointed: 2015

FIONA RUSHTON Appointed: 2020

MR BEN MOORHEAD Appointed: 2018

PETER EISENHARDT Appointed: 2016

SIMON COSTIN Appointed: 2018

TIMOTHY GREGSON Appointed: 2015

SANDRA SMITH Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: GABO TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/04/2016, number: 1166443

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

40 Carlton Road
LONDON
SW14 7RJ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ARTS AND CRAFTS AND IN RELATED CONSERVATION SKILLS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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