Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

ARTIS FOUNDATION

Our Mission is to transform lives through the arts by creating magical, high quality learning opportunities that help people flourish.To achieve our mission, we have 4 key strategic themes:Bringing the curriculum to life in schoolsPromoting wellbeing and tackling social issuesDiscovering and nurturing artists as educatorsAdvocating the importance of arts in learning.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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
31/08/23£652£644£8£45£333£3336.260
31/08/22£544£552£-8£14£325£3257.150
31/08/21£580£457£123£25£333£3338.730
31/08/20£508£470£38£17£210£1754.530
31/08/19£735£626£109£86£171£1502.940
31/08/18£585£522£62£73£62£621.460

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 7 years

www.artisfoundation.org.uk

dingdong@artisfoundation.org.uk

02073249880

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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
The Foyle Foundation£65,000
Rothschild Foundation£35,000
City Bridge Trust£19,995
Oxfordshire Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Artis Foundation
£3,000 29/06/2023
Core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Artis Foundation
£27,000 27/03/2023
24
To provide Artis Learning in two schools in Buckinghamshire over two years, enabling 360 children to access longer-term participation in cultural activity, improving educational outcomes and wellbeing.
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£45,000 20/09/2022
to support a year round programme of arts delivery in primary schools in deprived areas responding to individual learning and mental health needs in each of the 10 schools
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Artis Training
£5,000 24/01/2022
This funding was matched by other donors at the Funding Network Fundraiser, and will be used to roll out Arts Training to primary school children in disadvantaged schools in England.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Artis Foundation
£8,000 30/06/2021
12
Funding for Artis to provide an Arts Educator in Steeple Claydon Primary School for one day per week throughout the forthcoming academic year, supporting creative learning and pupil well-being, as well as teacher INSET training and CPD for Bucks ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Artis Foundation
£19,995 19/05/2020
£19,995 towards costs as outlined in your application, excluding fundraising costs.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£20,000 04/02/2020
towards delivery of the performing arts programme in three schools for one year from September 2020
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ANITA MASIH Appointed: 2023
  • DEE-ANNE DONALDS Appointed: 2020
  • EMMA KARINE BONNIN Appointed: 2023
  • JOANNE MILLARD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • JUDITH CAVANAGH Appointed: 2023
  • MARK FRIEND (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Controller Multiplcatform Bbc
  • STACEY LAMB Appointed: 2020
  • TOBY LLOYD CROOKS Appointed: 2023
  • WENDY STEATHAM Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/09/2017, number: 1174635
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
  • 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
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 311
Union Wharf
23 Wenlock Road
LONDON
N1 7ST

Objectives

3.1 THE OBJECT(S) OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: 3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS (WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE FOCUS ON THE PERFORMING ARTS), INCLUDING BY DEVELOPING THE CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS OF CHILDREN VIA THE MEDIUM OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY WORKING WITH SCHOOLS TO INTEGRATE THE ARTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM; AND3.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER OBJECTS OR PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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