Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

WE ARE IVE LTD 

Our Mission: To nurture creative talentTo advocate for creative learningTo teach creativity
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 25 years

www.weareive.org

sharron@weareive.org

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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£1,822£1,871£-49£132£362£1000.6190
31/03/22£1,490£1,452£38£0£406£740.6211
31/03/21*£1,662£1,540£123£70£373£530.4190
31/03/20*£1,544£1,448£96£35£405£310.3180
31/03/19£1,398£1,487£-89£23£309£1110.9181
31/03/18*£1,456£1,414£42£0£398£1070.9180
31/03/17£1,455£1,707£-252£0£356£1371160
31/03/16*£1,318£1,471£-153£0£609£1871.5160
31/03/15£1,324£1,254£70£24£774£2582.5190
31/03/14*£1,337£1,364£-27£34£704£3693.3180
31/03/13£1,302£1,165£137£25£731£5055.2170
31/03/12£2,254£2,121£133£11£594£5943.4200
31/03/11£2,505£2,926£-421£11£460£3371.4220
31/03/10£2,622£2,712£-90£16£881£4251.9250
31/03/09£1,933£1,407£526£17£971£3563210
31/03/08£1,077£1,390£-313£12£445£3723.2120
31/03/07£1,191£998£194£9£759£2292.7140
31/03/06*£1,008£1,149£-141£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,618£1,428£190£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,201£993£209£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 44%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 28%
Reserves/Spending: 0.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 19 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Bridge Expansion 2020/21
£63,396 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: 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 ....more
DCMS - Lets Create Boxes - Spring 2020
£15,000 01/04/2020
The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more
DCMS - IGNITE Yorkshire - An Industrial Revolution for the 21st Century
£77,513 31/03/2020
IGNITE Yorkshire - An Industrial Revolution for the 21st Century
DCMS - IGNITE Yorkshire - An Industrial Revolution for the 21st Century
£38,757 31/03/2020
IGNITE Yorkshire - An Industrial Revolution for the 21st Century
National Lottery Community Fund - Creativity Hot House
£9,745 12/09/2019
12
The funding will be used to furnish the group's new training room, providing a place where young people not in employment, education or training will be provided with the relevant skills to embark on ....more
DCMS - Bridge Expansion 18/20
£63,396 01/04/2018
Bridge Expansion 18/20
National Lottery Community Fund - Shaping Creative Futures
£9,900 07/02/2018
12
The group will run a series of out of school hours mentor led creative workshops for young people. This will improve their skills, attitudes and confidence which will help them find employment.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Teaching in and through the arts development pilot
£80,000 02/08/2017
12
This grant will fund continued support for teachers in the use of rehearsal-room pedagogy, both in the teaching of Shakespeare and across the wider primary-school curriculum.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to We are Ive Ltd
£1,117,226 28/06/2017
IGNITE Yorkshire - An Industrial Revolution for the 21st Century
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Teaching in and through the arts development pilot.
£125,000 23/05/2016
12
This programme uses rehearsal room approaches and theatre making to teach Shakespeare in the primary school, and examines how this process can develop teachers' skill, confidence and ambition, and in ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-58
  • DREW ROWLANDS (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Freelance Leadership Consultant
  • EMMA HEAPS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Learning Design Studio
  • NICK STREET Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Business Performance Manager Nat West Bank
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/03/1999, number: 1074583
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/04/1997, number: 03345236
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR21: 50 days late, AR20: 8 days late, AR18: 16 days late, AR16: 0 days late, AR14: 26 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

BOX 522
33 GREAT GEORGE STREET
LEEDS
LS1 3AJ

Objectives

TO FURTHER EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING CREATIVE LEARNING IN SCHOOLS OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS.FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 4 OF THE MEMORANDUM

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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