Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 11

Future income +5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 21

ATLAS ARTS

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Total income	£196,340	£172,827	£172,498	£225,823	£241,104	£225,256
Total spending	£237,504	£181,407	£160,700	£180,471	£274,816	£234,491
Surplus/deficit	-£41,164	-£8,580	£11,798	£45,352	-£33,712	-£9,235

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Established: 12 years

atlasarts.org.uk/

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of citizenship or community development
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science

Where it operates

UK and overseas, main operating location: Highland

Who it helps

Children or young people
Other defined groups
No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies

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

Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£166,000
Corra Foundation	£16,000
Foundation Scotland	£9,000
Bòrd na Gàidhlig	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - School of Plural Futures
£166,000	27/11/2023	ATLAS Arts organises collective art projects across the North West coast of Scotland. They work with artists and local residents through a programme of screenings, residencies and workshops. This ....more ATLAS Arts organises collective art projects across the North West coast of Scotland. They work with artists and local residents through a programme of screenings, residencies and workshops. This grant will support the delivery of the School of Plural Futures (SoPF), a three-year youth-led creative learning programme where young people create a peer-led community to talk about housing, social history, culture, belonging, climate justice, Gaelic and Scottish colonial history in a safe and supported way. Working with a lead artist, the group will explore issues through creative activities including book making, film screenings, film making, print making, writing and poetry.
Foundation Scotland - School of Plural Futures
£9,000	16/08/2023	To organise a three year creative engagement programme for local young people who live across Skye, Raasay and Lochalsh
Bòrd na Gàidhlig - Gaelic Language Plan and Children's Books
£4,000	17/02/2022 9	A' leasachadh planaichean is poileasaidhean Gàidhlig na buidhne is foillseachadh leabhraichean-cloinne Gàidhlig / Developing the Gaelic plans and policies of the organisation and publishing new ....more A' leasachadh planaichean is poileasaidhean Gàidhlig na buidhne is foillseachadh leabhraichean-cloinne Gàidhlig / Developing the Gaelic plans and policies of the organisation and publishing new Gaelic children's books
Corra Foundation - HDG-20/4362
£16,000	06/08/2020	towards the Swap Market/Library project.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (8)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 31-62

CHRISTIE, Susan Marion
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Curator

FULTON, Heather
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Co - Director Atlas Arts

HYSLOP, Donald William
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Consultant

MACPHEE, Catherine Ann
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Archivist

MCINTYRE, Cheryl Dee
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Agricultural Office / Crofter

ROSS, Alexandra Caroline Margaret
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Lecturer

ROWE, Freya Jane
Appointed: 2020
Occupation: Managing Director

STOCKWELL, Alison Joan
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Community Development Tutor

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 06/09/2012, number: SC043393
Registered at Companies House on 16/08/2012, number: SC430512

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR20: 51 days late,

Main office

Skye Gathering Hall Basement, Portree, Isle of Skye, IV51 9BZ

Objectives

The Objects of the Charity ('the Objects') are: a) To promote the advancement of the arts, heritage, and culture by:- i. Promoting and enabling access to the visual arts and other art forms to the general public. ii. Initiating contemporary art projects of local, national and international significance that contribute to the cultural capital of Skye and Lochalsh and beyond. iii. Providing opportunities that allow for artists' growth and development in their work. iv. Commissioning contemporary visual arts with a focus on commissioning work responding to, and placed within, the environment. v. Bringing a fresh approach to the preservation and development of Gaelic and visual art. b) To promote the advancement of education by:- i. Initiating, promoting and advancing the general public's awareness of the visual arts and culture through a variety of learning programmes, which may take the form of exhibitions, films, conferences, performances, debates, talks, workshops, research, lectures and publications. ii. Encouraging public education in the appreciation, production and practice of the arts particularly in Skye and Lochalsh and elsewhere. c) To promote the advancement of citizenship through:- i. Nurturing relationships with communities in Skye and Lochalsh and beyond, nationally and internationally for the advancement of arts, culture and heritage.

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