Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

COMPASS LIVE ART LIMITED 

Compass Live Art exists to advance art for the benefit of the public, in particular through the promotion, exhibition and facilitation of live art and contemporary performance, both nationally and internationally, by means of public performance, broadcasts, exhibitions and other suitable means. Compass Live Art produces a biennial festival in Leeds.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 6 years
(9 years as a company)

www.compassliveart.org.uk

info@compassliveart.org.uk

07806786497

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£262,257£226,502£35,75520
31/03/22£82,434£173,384£-90,95020
31/03/21£86,578£126,020£-39,4426
31/03/20£240,573£97,939£142,6340
31/03/19£101,576£142,408£-40,83240
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,

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
National Lottery Heritage Fund£62,275
The Foyle Foundation£30,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Leeds Community Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - The White Noise Factory
£10,000 28/04/2023
Grant to Compass Live Art Ltd
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Compass Live Art LTD
£26,375 14/10/2022
Hungry Ghosts
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£15,000 21/04/2022
towards the 2022 Compass Festival
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 29/01/2021
Compass Artist Residencies
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£10,000 24/11/2020
towards a re-imagined Compass Festival of Live Art in March 2021 (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Compass Live Art Limited
£9,900 06/07/2020
COVID19: Compass Live Art Ltd.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Compass Live Art Limited
£26,000 29/01/2020
Public House - The Yorkshire Square
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 18/06/2019
Compass Core Development
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 25/04/2019
towards developing a programme of activity during 2019, a non-festival year
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 26-47
  • FE UHURU Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Arts And Health Worker
  • SAM DAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Technical Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/03/2018, number: 1177590
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/08/2014, number: 09176219
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Yorkshire Dance
St. Peters Buildings
3 St. Peters Square
Leeds
LS9 8AH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROMOTION, EXHIBITION AND FACILITATION OF LIVE ART AND CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE, BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTS, EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER SUITABLE MEANS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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