Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 14

CAROUSEL PROJECT

Carousel inspires people with learning disabilities to achieve their artistic ambitions.At Carousel we strive at all times for artistic excellence, ensuring high quality activities, working in genuine collaboration with others and challenging perceptions of what art is and who can create it.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

Established: 37 years

www.carousel.org.uk

enquiries@carousel.org.uk

01273234734

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£407	£391	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/03/22	£359	£356	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21	£438	£363	£75	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20	£429	£442	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13
31/03/19	£447	£433	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/18	£479	£523	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£521	£527	£-6	£24	£91	£87	2	11	0
31/03/16	£476	£475	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£420	£404	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£399	£394	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£425	£417	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£336	£331	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£280	£277	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£266	£268	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£265	£260	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£237	£236	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£227	£228	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£238	£241	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£256	£256	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£193	£190	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
16 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	£201,122
Youth Music	£83,028
Co-Operative Group	£5,804
Sussex Community Foundation	£4,990

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Youth Music - Carousel Young Musicians 2023
£25,902	02/06/2023	Carousel Young Musicians 2023
Youth Music - Carousel; Explore, Develop, Create and Connect
£27,148	07/03/2022	Carousel; Explore, Develop, Create and Connect
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Carousel Project - 23/09/21
£1,500	12/10/2021	DIY Oska Bright
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Carousel
£4,990	18/11/2020 9	Funding was provided for four pilot episodes on Carousel TV sharing disabled people’s skills, talents, humour and creativity on popular accessible platforms.
DCMS - Carousel Project
£201,122	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 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 us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
Youth Music - Carousel Music 2020
£29,978	06/03/2020	Carousel Music 2020
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carousel – Young Oska Bright Film Festival
£5,804	15/11/2019	We want to invest in the next generation of learning disabled film makers, with training workshops, screenings of their work, and awards.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Carousel Project
£6,700	07/12/2018	purchase of AV equipment and computer for a charity which works with people with disabilities in Brighton
Youth Music - Young Carousel Music
£29,899	28/06/2018	Young Carousel Music
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Carousel
£4,825	16/03/2018 11	Carousel, an award-winning charity, supports learning disabled adults and children to engage with the arts and to achieve their artistic ambitions. Funding was provided to support the costs involved ....more Carousel, an award-winning charity, supports learning disabled adults and children to engage with the arts and to achieve their artistic ambitions. Funding was provided to support the costs involved in delivering workshops, developing access, producing resources, staffing, space hire, materials, equipment, volunteer expenses.
Youth Music - Carousel Music Programme
£28,198	07/07/2017	Carousel Music Programme
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Carousel
£28,800	16/05/2017	Silver Screen
National Lottery Community Fund - Help for adults with learning disabilities to take part in group activ
£9,951	01/03/2017 12	Musical and technology equipment will be purchased so the group can expand the services they provide. This will help to provide musical skills sessions for people with learning disabilities.
Youth Music - Carousel Music
£29,510	21/04/2016	Carousel Music
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Carousel Project
£90,000	21/01/2015 36	Towards the Oska Bright producer post, to develop programmes and engage new audiences.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Carousel
£5,000	12/09/2013	towards one year's running costs of a singing project in Brighton for young people and adults with learning disabilities

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 28-79

ALEKSANDRA DIMITRIJEVIC Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Film Festival Producer, Other trusteeship: GLOBALGIRL MEDIA UK,

CLAIRE LOUISE OFFLEY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: None

DEREK SWINDELLS Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Building Surveyor

JAMIE WYLD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

KIRSTY ANN PENTECOST (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Unemployed

RAISA HASSAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Unemployed

RICHARD CHRISTOPHER WARREN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Event Producer

ROBERT WILLIAM JOHN POWELL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Shop Assistant

SARAH KATE WATSON Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Film Maker

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/07/1987, number: 297201
Registered at Companies House on 04/06/1987, number: 02137755

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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

Carousel
Community Base
113 Queens Road
Brighton
BN1 3XG

Objectives

TO RELIEVE AND FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED OR WHO SUFFER FROM MENTAL DISORDERS OR BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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