Overall GiG Score: -5 ?
Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +3

    VOID ART CENTRE 

    To enhance and develop contemporary art locally,nationally and internationally through exhibitions and related educational programmes. To support artists at every stage of their career and to create programmes and provide facilities that encourage people to pursue art as a career choice. To make contemporary art more accessible to all through a wide range of free educational and outreach programmes.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
    • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
    • Income has been volatile recently
    Established: 9 years

    www.derryvoid.com

    hello@derryvoid.com

    Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Year end 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/23
    Income £232,626 £266,737 £302,761 £344,062 £340,382
    Spending £250,291 £259,027 £290,479 £269,765 £354,724
    Surplus/deficit -£17,665 £7,710 £12,282 £74,297 -£14,342
    What it does
    • The advancement of education, The advancement of health or the saving of lives, The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
    Who works here?
    • 6 employees
    • 10 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children (5-13 year olds), Ethnic minorities, General public, Learning disabilities, Physical disabilities, Preschool (0-5 year olds), Sensory disabilities, Specific areas of deprivation, Unemployed/low income, Volunteers, Youth (14-25 year olds)
    How it operates
    • Arts, Community development, Cultural, Disability, Education/training, Volunteer development, Youth development
    Where it operates
    • Northern Ireland
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

    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
    Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£8,000
    Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland£3,600
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Void Explorers
    £8,000 16/03/2021
    12
    Void Art Centre in Derry/Londonderry is using an £8000 grant to develop a Youth forum called Void Explorers. The forum will research experiment and create work in response to the exhibitions in the ....more
    Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Void Online - Creative Aging and the Curiosity Club
    £3,600 12/10/2020
    COVID - towards the Creative Aging and the Curiosity Club programme.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 15/10/2019
    Void Engage
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Void Art Center
    £90,000 27/08/2014
    Towards core costs to help sustain the organisation’s long-term growth.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 06/03/2015, number: NIC101068
    Main office

    Void Art Gallery, 10 Waterloo Place, Londonderry, BT48 6AF

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    360 Giving
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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