Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY ARTS 

CCA runs a programme of high quality creative arts courses and clubs across a wide range of subjects (Visual, Digital and Performing Arts) for adults with health conditions (mental or physical), disabilities or learning differences in Cambridge and Fenland. Our aim is social inclusion and the improvement of mental health.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 4 years
(10 years as a company)

www.camcommarts.org.uk

info@camcommarts.org.uk

01223631820

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 24 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
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Creative Fenland
£218,606 27/07/2023
to expand the Creative Fenland project which engages socially isolated people through arts and crafts activities designed for mental wellbeing, and involves development of a volunteer network, ....more
The Fore - Grant to Cambridge Community Arts
£12,800 01/04/2022
12
Cambridge Community Arts (CCA), based in Cambridge, work with adults who have mental and/or physical health conditions. Most are on benefits or have very low incomes due to being unable to work. The ....more
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Cambridge Community Arts
£4,610 28/04/2020
1
to hold virtual creative clubs to provide a safe place for 50 adults with complex physical and mental health conditions to meet with others online to share and develop their creative interest. ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 29-62
  • JULIE BROPHY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Business Psychologist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/02/2020, number: 1187718
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/03/2014, number: 08934371
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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; AR22: 5 days late,
Main office

CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY ARTS
16-18 ARBURY COURT
CAMBRIDGE
CB4 2JQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ARTS-BASED ACTIVITIES.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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