Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Future income +5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 16

GREEN SHOES ARTS CIO

Green Shoes Arts delivers high quality arts projects for the community of Barking & Dagenham, enabling people of all ages and backgrounds to access and engage with creative and artistic activities. Our primary aim is to benefit the physical and mental well-being of our participants. We believe that artistic and creative activity provides huge benefits to wellbeing and personal development.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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 ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£228,558	£231,272	£-2,714	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 2 years

greenshoesarts.com

info@greenshoesarts.com

02082704305

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Barking And Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Comic Relief	£228,595
BBC Children in Need	£100,205
Co-Operative Group	£4,375

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Green Shoes Arts – Creative 4 Life
£1,762	21/10/2023	Creative 4 Life is a project for adults with mental health issues in Barking & Dagenham. We aim to improve wellbeing and reduce isolation through high quality arts activities and skill ....more Creative 4 Life is a project for adults with mental health issues in Barking & Dagenham. We aim to improve wellbeing and reduce isolation through high quality arts activities and skill development.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Green Shoes Arts
£2,613	22/10/2022	We are engaged in delivering a programme of positive arts activity for people with mental health issues in Barking & Dagenham, combating stigma and challenging negative perceptions.
Comic Relief - Creative 4 Life
£228,595	25/01/2022 30	Creative 4 Life (C4L) is an ongoing programme over 30 months of early intervention arts activity for adults experiencing Mental Health (MH) difficulties in Barking & Dagenham. We intend to ....more Creative 4 Life (C4L) is an ongoing programme over 30 months of early intervention arts activity for adults experiencing Mental Health (MH) difficulties in Barking & Dagenham. We intend to improve mental wellbeing and reduce social isolation through a programme of community-based arts activities, volunteering opportunities and skills development.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Green Shoes Arts CIC
£100,205	10/08/2021	This project will provide a multi-art project to young people living in Barking & Dagenham affected by poor mental health, to encourage positive and healthy relationships, express emotions and to ....more This project will provide a multi-art project to young people living in Barking & Dagenham affected by poor mental health, to encourage positive and healthy relationships, express emotions and to develop creative skills.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

RUQAIYA ASIM Appointed: 2022

ADAM NJENGA Appointed: 2023

COUNCILLOR INGRID SHANON JEAN MARIE ROBINSON Appointed: 2022

DANIEL ANTHONY MARTIN (Chair) Appointed: 2022

JOSEPH ROBERT KOBINA SIRIPI QUARTSON Appointed: 2023

MARK FREDERICK DAVID HILL Appointed: 2022

REBECCA JANE LAUGHTON Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/01/2022, number: 1197715

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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

Chadwell Heath Community Centre
255 HIGH ROAD
RM6 6AS

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND THE PROVISION OF A YOUTH THEATRE.(2) 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 ANDASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH THE USE OF ART THERAPY AND ART BASED PROJECTS.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).

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