Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 11
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +11
    Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

    BEAVERS ARTS LIMITED 

    To promote, maintain, improve and advance education and to increase the availability of arts and promote, encourage and increase the appreciation and understanding of the arts generally.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    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: 26 years
    (36 years as a company)

    www.b-arts.org.uk

    info@b-arts.org.uk

    01782848835

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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£427£-21n/an/an/an/an/a43
    31/03/22£503£520£-17£82£134£1182.71120
    31/03/21£428£357£71n/an/an/an/an/a25
    31/03/20£426£431£-5n/an/an/an/an/a25
    31/03/19£286£273£14n/an/an/an/an/a19
    31/03/18£371£324£47£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£105£135£-30£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16*£379£355£24£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£299£327£-27£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£244£227£17£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£205£207£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£318£308£10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£316£307£9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£322£345£-22£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09*£320£366£-46£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08*£364£327£38£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£280£267£13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06*£287£305£-18£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£289£277£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£305£288£17£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 43 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
    Esmee Fairbairn£412,500
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation£293,295
    DCMS£201,472
    BBC Children in Need£42,697
    Youth Music£19,500
    National Lottery Community Fund£19,430
    Co-Op Foundation£19,185
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Beavers Arts Limited
    £30,000 13/02/2023
    Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Joined Up: Strengthening programmes, core staffing and evaluation
    £5,375 18/01/2023
    B arts is a participatory arts organisation based in Stoke-on-Trent that aims to engage marginalised people in the arts and support social cohesion. This grant will fund the organisation to increase ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - New Futures Fegg Hayes
    £9,730 16/12/2022
    The funding will be used to develop the group's work with children and young people aged 8-14 living in Fegg Hayes (in partnership with Fegg Hayes Futures and community volunteers). It will run a ....more
    Youth Music - New Futures Lab (Music)
    £19,500 03/11/2022
    New Futures Lab (Music)
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Beavers Arts Limited
    £300,000 15/09/2022
    Towards unrestricted core costs to support a co-created arts and cultural programme in Stoke and document, evaluate and share the work and B Arts methodology
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Beavers Arts
    £10,475 30/07/2021
    This project will deliver weekly activity sessions to children at risk of isolation and antisocial behaviour in Stoke.Young people will be better able to communicate their feelings, have increased ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Bread in Common: Eating Well and Wasting Less Together
    £9,700 21/05/2021
    The funding will be used to re-establish a food waste café that will provide opportunities for people in Stoke to reduce food waste and eat better. The project aims to reduce food poverty through ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to B arts
    £2,000 22/02/2021
    as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
    Co-Op Foundation - Beavers Arts Ltd STC Expand application
    £9,983 17/11/2020
    To help you build on the work and impact from Space to Connect Explore funding, aimed at providing communities with a space to connect
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
    £12,920 11/11/2020
    5
    B arts (Beavers Arts) is an arts charity working with diverse communities experiencing marginalisation, including people who have migrated, homeless people and those with mental ill health, to ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to B Arts
    £82,500 22/09/2020
    12
    Towards Unrestricted core costs to continue Artcity Stoke, increasing and consolidating networks and platforms for civically engaged artists, creative communities and researchers in Stoke-on-Trent ....more
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
    £20,000 24/06/2020
    3
    Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Beaver Arts Ltd
    £2,462 17/06/2020
    COVID19 - This grant is for staffing, training and activities. It will benefit young people living in deprived areas currently in lockdown due to Covid-19. The aim is to increase confidence, having ....more
    DCMS - National Portfolio 2018-22
    £81,472 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 - B arts
    £80,000 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund 2
    £40,000 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to B-Arts 'Bread in Common' Bakery
    £2,909 15/11/2019
    We would like to buy a large-scale commercial dough mixer, to help make our 'Bread in Common' bakery and café more sustainable.
    Co-Op Foundation - STC Explore
    £9,202 03/10/2019
    Create an online horticultural training programme that can be sold to generate income. Funding will also enable intensive engagement activities to increase inclusion and diversity at the farm.
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Joined Up: Strengthening programmes, core staffing and evaluation
    £255,000 08/07/2019
    44
    To expand, evaluate and develop the capacity of participatory arts programmes that aim to engage local communities experiencing disadvantage and to support social cohesion in Stoke-on-Trent.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Beaver Arts Ltd
    £29,760 21/05/2019
    36
    This project is a cooking project working with children living in deprived areas of Stoke. The project aims to improve confidence and self-esteem, encourage healthy eating and encourage children to ....more
    DCMS - National Portfolio 2018-22
    £80,000 01/04/2019
    £1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
    Tudor Trust - Grant to B arts
    £80,000 28/02/2019
    36
    over three years towards the core running costs of a participatory arts organisation in Stoke-on-Trent, including a contribution towards the development of a new evaluation tool
    DCMS - National Portfolio 2018-22
    £80,000 01/04/2018
    National Portfolio 2018-22
    DCMS - National Portfolio 2018-22
    £20,000 01/04/2018
    To support National Portfolio 2018-22
    National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee Stories, school and community workshop and tour.
    £7,985 14/02/2018
    12
    This charity will deliver a series of activities that are designed to build capacity for its volunteers and their refugee support services. This will improve the way in which the group meets the ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Beavers Arts
    £14,963 22/09/2016
    24
    A new post will enable this charity based in Stoke on Trent to establish is programme that uses its Bakery as a vehicle to engage people who are long term unemployed. They will facilitate work based ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to B Arts
    £441,440 24/04/2014
    Towards Artcity Stoke, a collaborative artist-led project that aims to support the resurgence of the city and the development of a new, positive, creative narrative.
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Beavers Arts Ltd (B Arts)
    £27,600 28/10/2013
    Bread In Common
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees:
    • DAVID RENNIE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Local Council Officer
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/03/1998, number: 1068736
    • Registered at Companies House on 01/07/1987, number: 02143658
    Gift Aid
    • 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
    • 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
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR09: 4 days late, AR08: 90 days late, AR06: 57 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 74 days late,
    Main office

    64-72 Hartshill Road
    Stoke-on-Trent
    ST4 7RB

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF ARTS AND TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND INCREASE THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS GENERALLY.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

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