Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 5

COMM.UN

COMM.UN (also known as COMMUN) is a combined arts organisation with a focus on community building with emerging and mid-career Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) voices. Through learning tools, digital media, and IRL events, COMMUN creates opportunities for BIPOC voices to collaborate and create works to achieve a greater understanding for othered people in our society.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are only 3 trustees
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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
31/03/23	£154,415	£120,829	£33,586
31/03/22	£104,966	£103,366	£1,600
31/03/21	£26,660	£8,061	£18,599

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

commun.space

work@commun.space

07515885510

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Developing a community-building and career development model for BIPoC artists across the UK
£4,000	18/01/2023	COMMUN is a combined arts company who focus on community-building for emerging artists who are Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Colour (BIPoC) through collaboration and inter-disciplinary ....more COMMUN is a combined arts company who focus on community-building for emerging artists who are Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Colour (BIPoC) through collaboration and inter-disciplinary practices. This grant supports COMMUN to further develop and expand their model for supporting early and mid-career BIPoC artists through online collaborative digital residencies, skills development, and performance opportunities at partner venues across the UK. Over three years, COMMUN will aim to increase opportunities and arts access for marginalised audiences in London, Bristol and Birmingham, and two additional cities or towns.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Developing a community-building and career development model for BIPoC artists across the UK
£75,000	29/11/2021 29	COMMUN is a combined arts company who focus on community-building for emerging artists who are Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Colour (BIPoC) through collaboration and inter-disciplinary ....more COMMUN is a combined arts company who focus on community-building for emerging artists who are Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Colour (BIPoC) through collaboration and inter-disciplinary practices. This grant supports COMMUN to further develop and expand their model for supporting early and mid-career BIPoC artists through online collaborative digital residencies, skills development, and performance opportunities at partner venues across the UK. Over three years, COMMUN will aim to increase opportunities and arts access for marginalised audiences in London, Bristol and Birmingham, and two additional cities or towns.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£10,000	16/09/2021	towards a five-month combined arts programme in three UK cities in late-2021 collaborating with artists from marginalised Middle Eastern, South Asian and similar African communities

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

SEBAH CHAUDHRY Appointed: 2022

SUREN SENEVIRATNE Appointed: 2022

ZAHED ALESSA (Chair) Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2020, number: 1188634

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Office 249
22 Notting Hill Gate
London
W11 3JE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBINED ARTS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.

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