Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 17

AT THE BUS

AT The Bus offers a school-based programme of art as therapy to support the education, health and wellbeing of children and young people aged 5-16 in Oxfordshire and London. Group sessions take place during the school day in a purposely designed therapeutic studio space in a double decker bus located on school grounds or in specially designed studio spaces.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
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

Established: 5 years

www.atthebus.org.uk

info@atthebus.org.uk

07305084218

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£318,285	£277,667	£40,618	0
31/12/21	£250,794	£225,371	£25,423	0
31/12/20	£113,757	£96,727	£17,030	0
31/12/19	£199,905	£60,847	£139,058	10

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Kensington And Chelsea, Oxfordshire,

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

Prudence Trust	£25,000
The Foyle Foundation	£20,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£15,000
DCMS	£10,000
The Funding Network	£8,866
Oxfordshire Community Foundation	£3,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - TASK to At The Bus
£15,000	20/10/2023	TASK fund donation towards core costs
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£20,000	18/09/2023	towards core costs as the organisation delivers its business plan to expand and grow support for more children and young people experiencing challenges in their life
Prudence Trust - Development of Business Plan
£25,000	31/03/2022	Developing a business plan
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	07/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards Covid-19 emergency response costs.
£1,000	03/07/2020	Towards Covid-19 emergency response costs.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - AT the Bus
£3,500	07/08/2019	Grant to At the Bus
The Funding Network - Cherwell Pilot
£8,866	09/05/2019	AT The Bus is a double-decker bus that will offer a transformative programme of interventional art as therapy to support the mental wellbeing of young people at schools. Our charity has a bus ....more AT The Bus is a double-decker bus that will offer a transformative programme of interventional art as therapy to support the mental wellbeing of young people at schools. Our charity has a bus generously donated by Stagecoach. We need funds to launch. We hope the initial bus will serve as a pilot for a scalable nationwide platform.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a Bus Ticket as a Founding Benefactor
£2,500	17/04/2019	Towards the initial fundraising drive.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANTHONY MANNIX Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT,

BERNADETTE GLORIA OLABISI LOWE Appointed: 2022

DERYN MARY HARVEY (Chair) Appointed: 2022

GRAEME JONES Appointed: 2022

NELLY-SABINE RACHEL CECILE DE ROTHSCHILD MUNTHE Appointed: 2022

SUSANNA ROSE LAWSON Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2018, number: 1181294

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

AT The Bus
c/o New Marston Primary School
Copse Lane
Headington
OXFORD
OX3 0AY

Objectives

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND MENTAL WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIOURAL AND OTHER CHALLENGES AND COMPLEX NEEDS BY PROVIDING ART-AS-THERAPY PROGRAMMES THAT, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, PROMOTE ENGAGEMENT WITH LEARNING AND INCLUSION IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES IN THEIR LIVES.

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