Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 12

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 12

NORTHERN HEARTLANDS

For three years (2017-20), Northern Heartlands was a ‘Great Place Scheme’ – delivering high quality arts, cultural and heritage events across south west County Durham as part of a £20m national programme funded through Arts Council England and The National Lottery Heritage Fund. We are now an independent Charitable Incorporated Organisation – based in Barnard Castle and continuing to support communities and organisations across County Durham and the North East. Our work is built on trust and our belief that communities working with creative practitioners can find their own answers to the issues we all face.

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Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

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 was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
28/03/23	*	£126,624	£251,722	£-125,098	0
28/03/22		£432,526	£225,084	£207,442	25
28/03/21		£98,403	£70,970	£27,433	1

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.northernheartlands.org

info@northernheartlands.org

01833200220

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

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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

Esmee Fairbairn	£185,500
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£174,386
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£76,000
County Durham Community Foundation	£10,648
DCMS	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Northern Heartlands
£185,500	29/03/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs for co-creating change with communities in County Durham
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Place Marker Pilot: Heritage Activity Club
£3,000	24/08/2022	We will be appointing an artist to work with a group of up to 20 young people from the small former mining town of Willington, County Durham, to explore the more recent history of the town post the ....more We will be appointing an artist to work with a group of up to 20 young people from the small former mining town of Willington, County Durham, to explore the more recent history of the town post the mining era. The group will collaborate on ideas and design of a place marker (form yet to be decided as it will require the young peoples input) with particular reference to the 1980s a period which saw a brief flourishing of leisure activities at the local authority-run Spectrum Leisure Centre in Willington. A renowned dry ski slope and thriving roller disco were just two of the popular activities that gained a county-wide reputation, before the leisure centre was closed by the council in 2002. Now privately owned, the Spectrum will be the site of a place marker which will commemorate its former glory and recognise the pioneering spirit of young people in the town following the demise of the coal industry.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Northern Heartlands
£174,386	27/10/2021	Hidden Heritage and Wellbeing
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building socially engaged arts in rural County Durham
£76,000	17/05/2021	Northern Heartlands is a new independent charity which builds on the Great Place Scheme in County Durham. They work with communities in rural and post-industrial County Durham using arts, culture and ....more Northern Heartlands is a new independent charity which builds on the Great Place Scheme in County Durham. They work with communities in rural and post-industrial County Durham using arts, culture and creativity to build confidence and bring about change. This grant supports Northern Heartlands to build on the work of the Great Place Scheme through a programme of activity in Dene Valley. They will also test a place-based socially engaged approach in another rural community in south-west County Durham.
County Durham Community Foundation - Thriving Communities Match Funding
£5,000	12/03/2021	To support the NH's work funded through the ACE Thriving Communities Fund
County Durham Community Foundation - Dragon's Teeth and Waterfalls
£5,648	20/04/2020	To support the Dragon's Teeth and Waterfalls project.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AMANDA TUTIN Appointed: 2023

ANTHONY MICHAEL JOSEPH HARRINGTON Appointed: 2019

JANE IRVING Appointed: 2019

GRAHAM DAVID YOUNG (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Management Consultant, Other trusteeship: PRACTICAL ACTION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/11/2019, number: 1186306

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR23: 15 days late,

Main office

3 WITHAM STUDIOS
HALL STREET
BARNARD CASTLE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF THE ARTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS.

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