Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

ARTHOUSE UNLIMITED 

ARTHOUSE Unlimited represents a collective of artists living with complex neuro diverse and physical support needs. The artists' work with instructors creating art that is developed into designer products for sale. By offering a sense of purpose and believing that feeling respected improves health, happiness and well-being , we strive to challenge perceptions and create acceptance and inclusion.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 6 years

www.arthouseunlimited.org

INFO@ARTHOUSEUNLIMITED.ORG

01483425273

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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
31/05/23£1,283£1,239£43£18£263£2472.41820
31/05/22£1,304£1,240£65£0£219£1761.72720
31/05/21£988£941£47£0£155£1451.82324
31/05/20£1,046£958£88£32£108£8011717
31/05/19£762£742£20£24£20£100.21735
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 49%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 2.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 18 employees
  • 20 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Community Accessible Fund
£5,000 17/06/2021
12
Funding toward art lessons for disabled people, by an organsation, based in Godalming, that offers art lessons to people who live with epilepsey and other learning disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Assessible Community Support Funding
£9,000 27/11/2020
6
The funding will be used to deliver art based activities for people with disabilities or long term conditions where participants will be provided with the opportunity to express themselves through ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Healthy HE/ARTS Project
£222,531 18/04/2019
60
This project provides arts opportunities in Surrey communities, specifically for people with a dual diagnosis of a complex learning disability and epilepsy. The project aims to improve people's ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - AHU Community Volunteer Activators
£9,760 14/03/2019
12
The organisation will use funding to recruit and train volunteers within their community to support their charitable work which provides support for local artists with profound learning disabilities ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/04/2018, number: 1177900
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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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

96 High Street
GODALMING
GU7 1DW

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY AND ASSISTING THEM IN FEELING ENGAGED VALUED AND PURPOSEFUL. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ÔSOCIALLY EXCLUDEDÖ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF LEARNING DISABILITIES, SPECIAL NEEDS, PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES OR DISADVANTAGE AND/OR POOR EDUCATIONAL SKILL ATTAINMENT OR ILL HEALTH FOCUSING ON A TEMPORARY CONDITION AS WELL AS PERMANENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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