Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 9

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 7

WARE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED

An arts centre in a heritage building with activities including the performing arts and community spaces. Conservation of a historic listed building.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Established: 45 years

www.southernmaltings.co.uk

info@southernmaltings.co.uk

07864 941546

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
28/02/23	*	£218	£143	£75	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
28/02/22		£201	£151	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
28/02/21	*	£149	£152	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
29/02/20		£180	£174	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
28/02/19	*	£62	£62	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
28/02/18		£41	£62	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/17		£36	£20	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/16		£22	£14	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/15	*	£19	£13	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/14		£23	£19	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/13		£17	£15	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/02/12		£17	£17	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/11		£13	£15	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/10		£26	£23	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/09		£14	£14	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/02/08		£11	£13	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/07		£11	£8	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/06		£10	£6	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/05		£6	£5	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/02/04		£5	£4	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£39,000
Power to Change	£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
Hertfordshire Community Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - 70 years of history celebrated!
£10,000	29/03/2022	Grant to Ware Arts Centre Limited (t/a Southern Maltings)
National Lottery Community Fund - Creating one building with access to all
£10,000	23/04/2021	The funding will be used to create a level corridor allowing level access throughout the ground floor of a former Malting in an area of Hertfordshire which is now a community arts centre.The project ....more The funding will be used to create a level corridor allowing level access throughout the ground floor of a former Malting in an area of Hertfordshire which is now a community arts centre.The project aims to upgrade the building to enable all users (including those with pushchairs and wheelchairs) to access the facilities and to be able to return to face-to-face activities and support as and when Government restrictions allow.
Power to Change - Renewal - Ware Arts Centre Limited
£20,000	18/12/2020	Grant to Renewal - Ware Arts Centre Limited
DCMS - CRF20 Ware Arts Centre (Southern Maltings)
£39,000	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Power to Change - Ware Arts Centre Ltd
£10,000	02/07/2019	Grant to Ware Arts Centre Ltd
National Lottery Community Fund - Southern Maltings Community Engagement
£10,000	23/05/2019 12	The organisation will use the funding to run a series of activities for different people in the community to help improve a variety of issues and to bring people together.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 56-75

JOHN MICHAEL DAVIS Appointed: 2003, Occupation: Retired

JOHN WING Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

JANICE IRENE WING BSC Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: WODSON PARK TRUST, Community Alliance Broxbourne and East Herts,

JOCELYN CROOK Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

MARK WILKINSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

SEAN MICHAEL SHAW Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Information Manager

TINA GOODMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant

TREVOR MIRAMS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/03/1979, number: 276998
Registered at Companies House on 10/10/1978, number: 01393436

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 34 days late, AR21: 1 days late, AR19: 12 days late, AR15: 10 days late,

Main office

Southern Maltings
Kibes Lane
Ware
Hertfordshire
SG12 7BS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS INCLUDING DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING, MUSIC, DRAWING, PAINTING, GRAPHICS, PRINTMAKING, PHOTOGRAPHING, CERAMICS, SCULPTURE, CARVING AND CRAFT HANDIWORK AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLIS SHCMES THEREFOR PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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