Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 3

Future income +5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

MAINSPRING ARTS

Mainspring Arts is an innovative charity dedicated to increasing neurodiversity in the arts. We do this by facilitating workshops, courses and artist development opportunities, creating platforms for neurodivergent artists to present work and sharing free resources for artists and organisations.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
05/04/23	£11	£10	£1	n/a
05/04/22	£6	£21	£-15	n/a
05/04/21	£37	£19	£18	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.mainspringarts.org.uk

hello@mainspringarts.org.uk

01524244314

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Kickstart: Lancaster’s ND creative wellbeing group (working title)
£5,000	20/12/2023 7	To start a creative group for 15 neurodivergent adults which will include creative skill lessons including printing, sculpting, writing, painting, and textiles.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

DR JOANNE LIMBURG Appointed: 2021

ELEANOR MARIE HUGHES Appointed: 2024

KARIS OKEREKE Appointed: 2021

LISA GEE Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/02/2020, number: 1187951

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Hive
Halton Mill
Mill Lane
Halton
Lancaster

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY CREATING ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE AND PRESENTING AND PROMOTING THE ARTISTIC WORK OF NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR PEOPLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED DUE TO THEIR NEURODIVERGENCE, BY: -HELPING NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE IN ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES.-PROVIDING ARTISTIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE, AND SUPPORTING THEM TO PURSUE EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES.-PROVIDING NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE.

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