Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 6

BRIGHTSPARKS ARTS IN MENTAL HEALTH CIO

BrightSparks Arts in Mental Health CIO (BSA) provides creative opportunities for people living with mental health conditions in Leicester/Shire and beyond to enable them to build self esteem, develop skills and challenge stigma. BSA delivers workshops, projects, events, exhibitions and publications to showcase the work of participants, and provides advocacy and advice to organisations/ the public.

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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:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Why are there 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
19/07/23	*	£80	£87	£-7	n/a
19/07/22		£118	£67	£50	n/a
19/07/21		£74	£63	£11	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.brightsparksarts.uk

office@brightsparksarts.uk

07795475806

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Leicester City, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£260,800
The Baring Foundation	£12,000
DCMS	£7,282

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Comedy Asylum 2
£250,800	24/03/2023	Funding will be used to deliver a programme of comedy workshops performances and peer to peer support for people recovering from poor mental health that have been service users of mental health units and community mental health support. The ....more Funding will be used to deliver a programme of comedy workshops performances and peer to peer support for people recovering from poor mental health that have been service users of mental health units and community mental health support. The programme will help participants in Leicestershire Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire to increase confidence improve their sense of community and connection and their ability to deal with their mental health.
National Lottery Community Fund - ALL TOGETHER
£10,000	28/10/2021	The funding will be used to deliver a series of 60 arts and creative workshops to promote racial inclusion within Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland. The project aims to address the fear of coming out of isolation within the BAME Community and ....more The funding will be used to deliver a series of 60 arts and creative workshops to promote racial inclusion within Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland. The project aims to address the fear of coming out of isolation within the BAME Community and supporting members of the community most affected by the Covid crisis.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,282	18/09/2020	"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....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."
The Baring Foundation - Grant to BrightSparks Arts in Mental Health CIO
£12,000	14/09/2020	Pilot of 'School of Comedy' based on our programme the Comedy Asylum as a whole school approach to support anxiety and low mood in children.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ELIZABETH HAYNES Appointed: 2023

JOE NIXON Appointed: 2020

STEVE DYER Appointed: 2020

SUZANNE ELLIOTT Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/07/2020, number: 1190327

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR23: 22 days late,

Main office

73 PERCY ROAD
LEICESTER
LE2 8FQ

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ARTS-BASED ACTIVITIES AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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