Overall GiG Score: 19 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

IMPACT ARTS (PROJECTS) LIMITED 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 32 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/17 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £1,273,087 £1,751,154 £1,706,263 £2,020,284 £1,719,966
Donations & Legacies £36,663 £6,263 £15,736 £11,399
Other Income
Investment Income £487 £1,195 £1,730 £369 £3,669
Total income £1,178,060 £1,310,237 £1,758,612 £1,723,729 £2,032,052 £2,169,873 £1,798,718
Charitable activities spending £1,240,924 £1,624,728 £1,672,782 £1,793,413 £2,011,619
Fundraising costs 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 3%
Other spending £55,782
Total spending £1,161,256 £1,268,310 £1,654,451 £1,704,856 £1,830,494 £1,986,263 £2,118,099
Surplus/deficit £16,804 £41,927 £104,161 £18,873 £201,558 £183,610 -£319,381
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Purposes
  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
Where it operates
  • One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area, main operating location: Glasgow City
  • This charity is based in an area of 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund£246,854
National Lottery Community Fund£222,820
Scottish Government£189,104
William Grant Foundation£30,000
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£30,000
Foundation Scotland£23,859
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Impactful Starts
£10,000 24/11/2023
To deliver a creative employability programme for 3 days a week over 12 weeks for unemployed young people aged 16-24 who have previously struggled with formal learning environments including those ....more
Foundation Scotland - Care and Opportunity, Celebration and Outcomes (COCO) Music Project
£5,000 25/09/2023
Towards the COCO music project at Polmont YOI to improve confidence and life chances. From the Champ Fund.
National Lottery Community Fund - Craft Café Govan
£117,196 11/08/2023
This group will use the funding to continue delivering their Craft Café based in Govan. Craft Café offers a safe social and creative environment where older people can learn new skills and renew ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Impact Arts (Projects) Ltd
£246,854 21/03/2023
CashBack to the Future - Reshaping Heritage (RE:Heritage)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£20,000 26/11/2021
Creative Pathways
Scottish Government - Impact Arts (Projects) Limited
£22,294 18/02/2021
Detailed description not provided.
William Grant Foundation - Creative Pathways Programme (North Lanarkshire) Jan-March 2021
£30,000 17/11/2020
3
Support towards delivery of the Creative Pathways programme in North Lanarkshire, which supports young people employability through the arts.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Impact Arts (Projects) Limited
£3,926 04/11/2020
to contribute to the cost of recruiting a full time Wellbeing Support Worker to work with older members of the Craft Café in Govan, Glasgow, to improve their health and wellbeing and tackle the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - CashBack to the Future Ayrshire - COVID 19
£9,624 01/06/2020
3
This grant will fund online creative workshops and youth worker led mental health support to young people aged between 14-19. Workshops tutorials and support will be delivered on a one to one and ....more
Scottish Government - Impact Arts (Projects) Limited
£84,000 21/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Impact arts (Projects) Ltd
£82,810 16/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Impact Arts (Projects) Limited
£4,933 09/04/2020
To continue the Craft Café project as a virtual and phone based service that engages with the older people of Govan and the surrounding area to deliver Stay Active Bags, provide regular guidance and ....more
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Make It Your Own
£30,000 29/05/2019
Make It Your Own will support Care Experienced Young People to make positive transitions to independent living and realise stability in life. The project will develop the skills of individuals and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Impact Arts - Craft Café Govan
£96,000 15/04/2019
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This group will use the funding to deliver the 'Craft Cafe' a project which will offer a creative solution to improving health, reducing loneliness and supporting independent living for older people ....more
Robertson Trust - The Young Gallery: Art Therapy Programme (North Ayrshire)
£52,500 04/12/2018
The Young Gallery: Art Therapy Programme (North Ayrshire)
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Impact Arts (Projects) Ltd
£3,939 19/11/2018
We will deliver a creative project that explores identity and wellbeing with two groups of primary school children in Glasgow's East End.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 25/09/2018
Impact Arts: Strengthening Our Core
National Lottery Community Fund - Make It Your Own
£9,852 13/09/2018
12
This group will use funding to provide creative interventions for people at risk of homelessness who will engage in small groups with community artists to learn creative and maintenance skills.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Impact Arts (Projects) Ltd
£49,928 02/03/2018
24
This project will build the confidence and emotional resilience of children with families affected by drug and/or alcohol addiction. They will participate in fun creative group activities that are ....more
Corra Foundation - PDI-17/421
£58,944 05/10/2017
to continue to support salaries (creative assistant & art therapists) and project running costs for the Young Gallery Art Therapy Programme, conditional upon written confirmation of matched ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Impact Arts
£43,000 31/07/2017
Gallery 37 - Cashback to the Future Ayrshire
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Impact Arts
£32,400 25/05/2015
Gallery 37 Edinburgh
National Lottery Community Fund - Better By Design Phase 3
£10,000 05/11/2014
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - The Young Gallery: Art Therapy Programme
£10,000 10/10/2014
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Dyslexia
£10,000 22/05/2013
12
This group will carry out a pilot project which will use various arts activities to create a visual arts toolkit which can be used in schools by dyslexic young people to better communicate their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Young Gallery
£10,000 28/08/2012
12
This group will continue working on a recently launched project 'The Young Gallery'. The Young Gallery aims to improve the quality of life of young children living in the East End of Glasgow. It will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Creation Zone: Scotland's first dedicated children's gallery
£10,000 08/09/2011
11
This group will run visual arts workshops for children in ten schools and community groups in the East End of the city. The workshops will be based in the group's new dedicated children's gallery, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (12)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 23-70
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/01/1992, number: SC032430
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/11/2001, number: SC225422
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow, City of Glasgow, G1 1TF

Objectives

“3.1 To advance the arts and culture. 3.2 The prevention and relief of poverty and improving people’s quality of life through creative engagement and prioritising those disadvantaged by inequality. 3.3 To advance education through the arts by encouraging and providing opportunities and facilities for people to engage in arts activities, whether in the field of visual arts, the performing arts or otherwise, and by providing training and skills development opportunities to improve life skills. 3.4 To advance health and well-being through creative engagement. 3.5 To advance citizenship and community development by promoting increased community participation through consultation and place making which enhances quality of life.”

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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