Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 9

UP PROJECTS

UP Projects commissions contemporary art for public places. We support artists to make work that has social relevance, encourages learning, transforms places and activates the public realm.

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 well diversified in terms of age 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
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 7 years
(20 years as a company)

http://www.upprojects.com/

info@upprojects.com

02073779677

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		£393	£399	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£576	£493	£83	£0	£238	£238	5.8	8	0
31/03/21	*	£456	£384	£72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£469	£477	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£395	£393	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/18		£501	£490	£11	£0	£90	£90	2.2	8	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£60,000	22/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
DCMS - UP Projects NPO application 2018-22
£102,431	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - UP Projects
£160,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - UP Projects
£60,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	08/05/2019	The Culture Industry
Greater London Authority - UP Projects
£120,000	01/02/2019	Making Space - public art
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to UP Projects
£60,000	29/11/2018	The Archive of Alternative Histories
Greater London Authority - Delivery of the Royal Docks Public Art Work Programme
£120,000	10/09/2018	Funding to assist in the delivery of the Royal Docks Public Art Work Programme
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to UP Projects
£22,385	23/01/2017 12	Towards 'Floating Cinema 2017: On the Bench', which will bring a programme of participatory, contemporary visual arts to dispersed and rural communities along the waterways of Yorkshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - UP Projects
£10,000	03/12/2014 12	Not Available

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-59

MASSOUMEH LARIZADEH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

THAHMINA BEGUM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Community Development Worker

VIYA NSUMBU Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Communications

IAIN CHARLES BENNETT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

JAGDIP JAGPAL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: THE SHAKESPEARE GLOBE TRUST,

KAIA NONI CHARLES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Cultural Project Manager

SAMANTHA ANTOINETTE ALLEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Founder And Director

EMMA JANE UNDERHILL NEMAR Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Curator

PETER RATCLIFFE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Barrister

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/01/2017, number: 1170960
Registered at Companies House on 20/11/2003, number: 04971057

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR21: 23 days late,

Main office

111 Seven Sisters Rd
Finsbury Park
N7 7FN

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE CONTEMPORARY ART AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (A) CURATING, COMMISSIONING AND PRODUCING CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECTS AND EVENTS; (B) PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND EVENTS TO FURTHER THE PUBLICÆS KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF CONTEMPORARY ART; AND (C) PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AND PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN ARTIST LED ACTIVITY.

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