Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

COMMUNITY ARTS NORTHWEST 

CAN supports diverse communities and artists in Greater Manchester by helping them to develop high-quality, meaningful participatory arts projects.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 44 years

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Financial Data ?

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
31/03/23£329£301£28n/an/an/an/an/a19
31/03/22£345£334£10n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/03/21£336£241£94n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£294£259£36n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/19£280£267£13n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/18£304£265£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£284£289£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£296£290£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£285£338£-53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£354£359£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£322£263£59£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£261£245£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£515£491£24£11£95£83290
31/03/10£453£460£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£486£514£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£450£509£-59£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£684£628£56£2£164£53190
31/03/06£503£510£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£415£371£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£239£207£32£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 19 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,

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£265,023
BBC Children in Need£79,986
Youth Music£30,000
Manchester City Council£12,500
National Lottery Community Fund£9,974
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community Arts North West (CAN)
£75,000 06/10/2023
This grant will fund creative activities for refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people in Salford and Greater Manchester, leading to empowerment, improved wellbeing and reduced isolation.
Youth Music - Community Arts North West Kámoši Juniors Music-Making 2020/21
£30,000 02/07/2020
Community Arts North West Kámoši Juniors Music-Making 2020/21
Manchester City Council - Grant to Community Arts North West
£6,250 30/06/2020
Cultural partnership Agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community Arts North West (CAN)
£4,986 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund small group arts sessions for children and young people from BME, refugee and traveller backgrounds experiencing social isolation due to Covid-19. This will result in ....more
Manchester City Council - Grant to Community Arts North West
£6,250 01/06/2020
Funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the Cultural Ambition
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,986 21/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
DCMS - National Portfolio Organisation 2018-2022
£194,618 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more
DCMS - Community Arts North West 2021-22 CRF
£65,419 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
National Lottery Community Fund - Souk and Sanctuary
£9,974 18/04/2019
12
The funding will be used to run cultural and creative activities for refugee communities. The project aims to bring people together to build stronger relationships and counteract negative stereotypes.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Community Arts North West
£119,918 27/06/2018
36
This project will deliver two drama, music and dance programmes in Leigh and Manchester targeted at young people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. These sessions will increase their ....more
Manchester City Council - Grant to Community Arts North West
£6,250 01/04/2018
Cultural partnership Agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the ....more
Manchester City Council - Grant to Community Arts North West
£6,250 17/03/2018
Cultural partnership agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the ....more
Manchester City Council - Grant to Community Arts North West
£6,250 17/03/2018
Cultural partnership Agreements. The purpose of the funding is to support cultural organisations in Manchester City which are delivering against the City's priorities and meeting the themes of the ....more
Youth Music - Community Arts North West Kamosi Roma-heritage Music-making programme 2017-18
£30,000 17/03/2017
Community Arts North West Kamosi Roma-heritage Music-making programme 2017-18
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Community Arts North West
£20,000 17/08/2012
workshops for refugee and asylum-seeking women, including the Lead Artist, venue hire, marketing, equipment and management fee.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-68
  • LESA DRYBURGH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Communications Consultant
  • OUZMA ANWAR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Analyst
  • REBECCA DAVIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Finance Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/08/1980, number: 277135
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/11/1978, number: 01400213
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
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Community Arts North West
46-50 Oldham Street
MANCHESTER
M4 1LE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NEIGHBOURHOODS AND AREAS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ESPECIALLY THE NORTH WEST THEROF TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND AESTHETIC APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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